Introduction Swing, First Edition (5 results)

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 63 pages; Description: 63 p., 72 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm. Subjects: Goodman, Benny (1909-1986) --Pictorial works --Jazz musicians --United States --Biography. Summary: Benny Goodman is one of those rare personalities who has become a legend in his own lifetime. His name and his clarinet will always be indelibly associated with the era of the "big band, " that period of "swing" music which permeated all parts of the Western world, but especially the United States, in the 1930s and '40s. Benny's large collection of photographs and memorabilia has been drawn upon to provide a panorama not only of those central years in his productive life and the many great jazzmen and singers with whom he his associated but also of his childhood and early struggles, his great successes as a performer of "serious" music and his continuing musical activities since swing and the big band gave way to other forms of entertainment. 1 Kg.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 63 pages; Description: 63 p., 72 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm. Subjects: Goodman, Benny (1909-1986) --Pictorial works --Jazz musicians --United States --Biography. Summary: Benny Goodman is one of those rare personalities who has become a legend in his own lifetime. His name and his clarinet will always be indelibly associated with the era of the "big band, " that period of "swing" music which permeated all parts of the Western world, but especially the United States, in the 1930s and '40s. Benny's large collection of photographs and memorabilia has been drawn upon to provide a panorama not only of those central years in his productive life and the many great jazzmen and singers with whom he his associated but also of his childhood and early struggles, his great successes as a performer of "serious" music and his continuing musical activities since swing and the big band gave way to other forms of entertainment. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. 266pp octavo illustrated. A fine copy in dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First UK edition. VGC.Thames and Hudson,1979.First UK edition.Large format black hardback(small mark on the edge of the spine,gilt lettering on the front cover and spine) in VGC, no Dj.Illustrated with 212 b/w photographs,drawings.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks and crease on the edges of the pages,the front cover of the book is slightly bent.Nice and clean book.141pp.Heavy book(approx 1.3 Kg).

(8), 183pp. Orig. red cloth. First edition. - Covers a bit stained, spine-ends bumped, small brown spot to lower margin throughout, some browning along inner hinges in places, else a very good copy.