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Hard cover, 8 vo., in red-orange cloth with black titles, in a dust jacket with a mylar cover, 258 pp. Condition: Very Good. Would be Near Fine except for remains of a bookplate which has been removed from the front pastedown. Boards remain very bright with only slight scuffing to corners. The fore-edges are a bit dusty. One folded page corner has been reinforced with (old) tape.The dust jacket is worn through in several spots, has four chips and two closed tears, and has been reinforced with scotch tape.It has been price clipped. ** Author Henry O. Osgood writes what has been called the first book about American jazz music, which he describes as "a state of mind--the spirit of the thing-- rather than any particular expression of it." With chapters on the early pioneers: Whiteman, Berlin, Grofe, Gershwin, Lewis, Lopez and Jones. ** Osgood was an editor of New York's Musical Courier, assistant conductor of the Munich Royal Opera, as well as a composer. A scarce and collectable title for the jazz fan. OCLC 1874921.
Ref: MUSI 7964
$75.00