Gillespie Dizzy: First Edition (39 results)

- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.Jeff Stark
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Soft cover. Condition: VG. 1st Edition. 1st Da Capo edition indicated. Light wear to cover edge and a remainder mark on bottom edge of book. Excellent history and b/w illustrations from old photos and etc.
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Published by Royal Roost Records, 1959
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- First Edition
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.Cat's Curiosities
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm "Long Playing Microgroove" (mono) jazz record album, Royal Roost LP-2234, near-mint vinyl in a very-good-plus cardboard jacket. No sidemen are mentioned. "A Night in Tunisia"; "Groovin' High", "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac," "School Days," etc. Reduced from $14. …
Language: English
Published by Omnibus Press, London, 1988
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- First Edition
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Add to basketCondition: FINE. First printing in wrappers. Part of the "Jazz Life and Times" series. Photographs, index, slightly oversized in glossy illustrated wrappers. Near fine.
Language: English
Published by Omnibus Press, London, 1988
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- First Edition
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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Add to basketCondition: FINE. First printing in wrappers. Part of the "Jazz Life and Times" series. Photographs, index, slightly oversized in glossy illustrated wrappers. Near fine.

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Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.Works on Paper
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the presumed first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement) in a good+ (not clipped) dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding and jacket are bright and fresh in appearance with a 1" intact tear to the jacket midway down the rear spine seam. A trace of foxing/discoloration to the top edge of the volume. A sharp copy. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.]. Brask, Ole [ Photographs ] (illustrator).…

Language: English
Published by Copenhagen: Karl Emil Knudsen, 1969., 1969
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- First Edition
Seller: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, GermanyAntiquariat Carl Wegner
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Add to basketSoftcover. 19,5x12,5cm. Softcover, 60 p. only on one site with text. good copy -- 19,5 x 12,5 cm. Originalbroschur. Nachträglich geklammert. 30 Blätter, einseitig bedruckt. Gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Wenn es draußen stürmt, können Sie es sich mit einem guten Buch gemütlich machen und ein warmes Getränk dazu genießen. Bei uns finden Sie die passende Lektüre! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K01698-221122.…

Published by Hippocrene, 1984., 1984
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- First Edition
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.Monroe Stahr Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION in paper-over-boards decorated cover. Fine. A biography and a discography. 0.0.
Published by Musicraft, 1946
- First Edition
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.Ed Buryn Books
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Add to basketRecord jacket. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Emanon (No Name spelled backwards) was recorded on November 12, 1946. The lineup for that session was Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Raymond Orr, Talib Dawud, John Lynch (trumpets), Alton Moore, Leon Comegys, Gordon Thomas (trombones), Howard Johnson, Warren Luckey, James Moody, John Brown, Saul Moore (saxes), Milt Jackson (vibes), Thelonious Monk or John Lewis (piano), Kenny Clark (drums), and Ray Brown (bass). Things to Come was recorded on July 9, 1946. It featured a near-identical lineup with Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Raymond Orr, Talib.Dawud, John Lynch (trumpets), Alton Moore, Leon Comegys, Gordon Thomas (trombones), Howard Johnson, Warren Luckey, Ray Abrams, John Brown, Saul Moore (reeds), Thelonious Monk or John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibes)-, Ray Brown (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), 10-inch vinyl record, 78 rpm. …

Language: English
Published by New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1976., 1976
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
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First edition (not stated). 300 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 24.5cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with slight bumping at edges; 5cm closed tear at front panel's top left; slight soiling to white rear panel. White cloth; foxing at tops of boards and spine; spine's gilt and black stamped lettering remains bright. Foxing to text block's top edge with some leaves fractionally affected at their top margins; interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.75 pounds (2.15 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0810911523.…
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- First Edition
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket has scuffing and edgewear with minor chipping and tearing. Boards have minor shelf rubbing and bumping. Binding is sound. Page edges have notable smudging and staining; some interior pages have additional staining but text is overall clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Enterprise Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Enterprise Books
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Very lardge HB, illus. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Book As New. NO markings of ANY KIND. DJ Fine with light rubbing and a few dimples, a tiny cut at spine base else NO other edge wear, not clipped. ; 180 b & w photos.; 4to; 300 pages.
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- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Mint in a Near Mint dust jacket.; 11.10 X 8.60 X 0.70 inches; 88 pages.

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- First Edition
Seller: BMV Bookstores, Toronto, ON, CanadaBMV Bookstores
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Pages clean, no notes or highlights. Dustjacket has been price clipped. Minor creasing and chipping to top and bottom of spine. A couple small closed tears at top of spine. Overall, minor shelf wear. Binding sound.…

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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Rob the Book Man, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Rob the Book Man
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback in fair condition with a fair dust jacket. Dust jacket has been covered in tape and taped to book. Signed and Inscribed by Dizzy Gillespie. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Paris Review, Paris, 1965
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, CanadaTony Power, Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Back cover stained with small chip top corner; else a very good copy -- illus. wraps. Interviews with Burroughs (50 pp.), Gillespie; Blaser contributes 4-pp. poem "The Faerie Queen".

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bibliodditiques, IOBA, Waterloo, ON, CanadaBibliodditiques, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Autobiography of "jazz genius", John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Al Fraser interviewed Miles Davis, Billy Eckstine, Cab Callowy, Mary Lou Williams, Kenny Clarke, and others to assist in research for this book. Includes a Discography, Chronology, Index and numerous photos. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Some spots on bottom edge of text block. Dust jacket has piece missing from head/tail of spine, chips, tears, creases and is price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 552 pp.…
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Seller: ManyBooksLittleTime, Brevard, NC, U.S.A.ManyBooksLittleTime
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover book with dust jacket, Mylar cover, slight edge wear to DJ with ¼" tear to bottom spine edge. Spine is tight, pages are clean and unmarked.

Jazz People
Dan Morgenstern, Text; Ole Brask, Photographs; Dizzy Gillespie, Foreword; James Jones, Introduction
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- First Edition
Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.monobooks
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1976, first printing, matching copyright and publishing dates, no previous printings listed. Published by Prentice Hall / Abrams. Large softcover in pictorial wraps without DJ as issued. Condition as new, square tight and clean book, spine not creased, no edgewear, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, very small tear at the fore edge of the rear panel, not a reminder. Large 4to, 303 pages, illustrated throughout with photographs by Ole Brask, bibliography, discography, index. Heavy book will require additional postage for priority and international orders.…
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Seller: South Congress Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.South Congress Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good or Better First Edition. Minor edge wear to jacket, most notably along bottom edge of back cover; light sunning to spine of both jacket and cloth; interior clean and bright. Jacket in protective cover.

- Hardcover
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Seller: Rob the Book Man, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Rob the Book Man
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in very good condition with a very good dust jacket.

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Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.Last Exit Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Doubleday and Company, Garden City, New York. 1979. 552 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in 1/2 blue cloth and orange paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards veru lightly rubbed and worn. Previous owner's name present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. You don't have to know John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie's songs to feel his influence. The self-taught trumpet player rose from a poor but musically driven upbringing to become a jazz mastermind, founding the bebop movement and giving rise to Afro-Cuban music. Dizzy Gillespie (1917â"1993) was an American jazz trumpet virtuoso as well as a bandleader, singer, and composer.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 552 pages.…
Published by Esquire Publishing Co., NY, 1957
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- First Edition
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.STUDIO V
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. COVER CREASED. HENRY WOLF COVER (illustrator).

- Hardcover
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Seller: 3rd St. Books, Lees Summit, MO, U.S.A.3rd St. Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. Inscribed by Gillespie to previous owner. Also, comes with a glossy photo inscribed by Gillespie. Jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.…

Published by Yorktown Music Press, New York, 1968
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- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
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- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.Du Bois Book Center
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. xix. Illustrated with photographs. Discography. Filmography. Index. 552pp. Blue cloth spine with gilt title and orange paper over boards. Pictorial Dust Jacket. Underlining on chronology pages and pages 61, 65-67, 72-74. Biography. Hardcover. …

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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition stated. 1st prtg no others listed on copyright pg. orange boards w/ blue quarter-cloth spine, title in gold, as new cond, unclipped white dj w/ color design, sl darkening to top & bottom edges, not distracting from overall excellent cond; choronology and discography, 6 sections b/w photos, 552 pp. Size: 6.5"-9.5". …

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Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.Du Bois Book Center
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. xix. Illustrated with photographs. Discography. Filmography. Index. 552pp. Blue cloth spine with gilt title and orange paper over boards. Pictorial Dust Jacket. Biography. Hardcover.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company, inc., Garden City, Ny, 1979
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Pleasant Street Books, woodstock, VT, U.S.A.Pleasant Street Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. book is in fine condition with very minor wear and tear along the bottom and top edges. cover is clothbound with paper boards, and inside cover is adorned with a signature from the author. jacket is in near fine condition with minor wear but protected with a vinyl cover. pages are also in fine condition, clean and white with no stains or yellowing and contain several black and white photos throughout. Signed by Author(s).…

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Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.Second Life Books, Inc.
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First Edition. 8vo, pp. xix, 552. Discography, index. Al Fraser co-author. Notations in ink by musicians James Moody, Mike Longo, Joe Carroll, Paul West, and Milton Hinton; written beside sections that quoted them. Illustrated with photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover very slightly worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy in little scuffed and chipped dj. A blend of Dizzy's words and rememberances by the musicians who knew him.…
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Published by Doubleday & Company, New York, 1979
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Librairie de l'Escurial, NICE, FranceLibrairie de l'Escurial
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Add to basketCouverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon. Edition originale. In-8°, cartonnage de l'éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, XV-552 pp. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Texte en anglais. Signé par Dizzy Gillespie sur le premier contreplat en 1981 lors de son passage à Nice (Grande parade du jazz du 11 au 21 juillet 1981). Avec Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk et Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie fut l'un des principaux artisans du bebop, dont le langage se forgea notamment lors des jam-sessions du Minton's Playhouse à Harlem au début des années 1940. Jaquette élimée en coiffe de tête. Signé par l'auteur.…