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Near Fine Cloth Inscribed elaborately and amusingly by the author. A presentable copy of a rock classic. Clean & unmarked textblock in tight, square binding. Bright clean covers are unblemished with neat edges and crisp, newlooking texture. Shiney silver lettering to spine. Borders with a slight fading along edges. The jacket is intact but has accordion pleats to the lower corner with a surface tear, and a long closed tear at top spine edge. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library.
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About the Author
Richard Meltzer is the author of over a dozen books, including A Whore Just Like the Rest-winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award-and innumerable articles. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Review
"The ping-ponging, diet-pill-fueled prose...got Meltzer kicked out of Yale but helped invent rock criticism in the process." -- Blender, October 2006
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The Aesthetics of Rock
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Something Else Press, 1970
ISBN 10: 0871100371
ISBN 13: 9780871100375
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Seller: Eve's Book Garden, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inscribed elaborately and amusingly by the author. A presentable copy of a rock classic. Clean & unmarked textblock in tight, square binding. Bright clean covers are unblemished with neat edges and crisp, newlooking texture. Shiney silver lettering to spine. Borders with a slight fading along edges. The jacket is intact but has accordion pleats to the lower corner with a surface tear, and a long closed tear at top spine edge. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 023803
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The Aesthetics of Rock
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Something Else Press January 1970, 1970
ISBN 10: 0871100371
ISBN 13: 9780871100375
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Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Good+/very good-- dust jacket with one & 1/2 inch tear with accompanying crease bottom edge. Otherwise jacket is bright & clean without defects. NOT price clipped. Green cloth with gold lettering. Orange end pages. Clean, solid, without markings. Red tinted top edge. Along with Lester Bangs, Meltzer is the other wildman founding father of rock journalism. Brilliant & pretentious and impossible to describe this is a book every fan of rock music should read. Yet, few actually read the crazy thng. This is an excellent collector's copy. Seller Inventory # 228747
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Aesthetics of Rock.
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ISBN 10: 0871100371
ISBN 13: 9780871100375
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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 41219
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THE AESTHETICS OF ROCK
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Something Else Press, New York, 1970
ISBN 10: 0871100371
ISBN 13: 9780871100375
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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First Edition. First printing of one of the earliest works of rock-music criticism and analysis, one of "The Best Rock 'n' Roll Books Ever" (New Musical Express), and a modern classic. From Dick Higgins' legendary press. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. Near fine in like jacket. DJ has minimal surface wear and shallow creases to front panel, close inspection only. Unclipped. Book has trace fading to cloth along top edge. Else a bright, clean, sharp and tight example. 346pp. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Seller Inventory # 43493
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THE AESTHETICS OF ROCK.
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SOMETHING ELSE PRESS., NEW YORK, 1970
ISBN 10: 0871100371
ISBN 13: 9780871100375
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Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. From the library of record executive and Blues scholar Lawrence Cohn. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of the earliest as well as best in- depth analysis of the subject. It would be hard to fine a fresher copy. ; 6" x 8 1/4"; 346 pages. Seller Inventory # 312157