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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 32 pages. Illustrated. Raymond Horricks "Benny Carter" / M E M Davies "Pine Top Smith" / Alun Morgan "The Bud Powell Trio" / Berta Wood "The American Jazz Scene" / The Jazz Record Library / Reviews Of Recent American Records / Superb period advertisements throughout (M24).

MINT book published in 1961, with 4 MINT lps, all in a VG box. It appears these records were never played. AS NEW book & lps in VG box. Walter Lowenfels introduction.

Softcover. b/w photo illustrations. (illustrator). 1st edition. VG wraps. (PAPERBACK). Clean. Tight. FINE text & plates. Spine ends chipped. 38X28(cm). 62 text pages, followed by 72 plates. The text leaves top edges unopened, as you can see by the photo of the book's title page. Plates printed one side only. Text margins lightly aged. No foxing, soiling, marginalia, etc. VG paperback in GOOD DJ. 1st ed. Unopened leaves.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed likely. VG book. Original half black morocco. Marbled eps. "Storia Della Dinastia Di Savoja", is gilt lettered on the spine. 372X270(mm), 576pp. Original binding of marbled paper boards and black leather spine & board tips. 5 raised ribs. Next to topmost panel title lettered in gilt. Worn cover. Most board edges worn through to underlying cardboard. Hinge ends cracking. Tight binding, no loose pages. Chapter headpieces of engraved busts & seals. First & last few leaves & text block edges lightly aged or foxed. No other flaws: no soiling, damp stains, marginalia, etc. Important history of the House of Savoy from Beroldo il Sassone to Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of Italy. Very Good book. 1st likely. Worn but tight, clean contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Albumen photos. (illustrator). 1st Am ed. FINE photos. AEG. Book consists of 25 laid down albumen photos of paintings of Swiss Alps Oberland district. 15"x11". Pp.148 Photos measure 14.5X20(cm). The photographer is unidentified. G. Closs & O. Froelicher were the artists whose paintings were photographed. Three or four pages of text per photo. The photos were previously published in (3) earlier German editions but Bonney was at great liberty to make text changes for the US edition. Binding of thick bevelled boards with intricate design in embossed & gilt edge ruling around a central floral motif. Backstrip similar. Heavy edgewear, backstrip separated at rear hinge, MISSING top 2". Bright boards make for a good repair candidate. FINE photos & text, in FAIR binding. FAE.