The First Book of Jazz by Langston Hughes (28 results)

Paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s).

Condition: Good. Roberts, Cliff (illustrator). Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY with publisher's ARC slip laid in. Very scarce and important anthology that presents new essays by Hurston and Hughes, as well as other luminaries in the Jazz genre, with a section of rare and unusual photos of Louis Armstrong, Mary Lou Williams, and many others. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is clean, bright and whole save for a tiny spine chip. Protected by an archival Mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In mylar wraps, light shadowing on fly leaf otherwise clean and tight, SIXTH PRINTING 1955.

Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Cliff Roberts (illustrator). 8th printing.Illustrated by Cliff Roberts. Edgeworn, with light foxing along fore edge.Dust jacket is worn with portions of the spine missing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd print. Grey boards with black titles. Name inscription to the half title page, otherwise clean pages and firm binding. Jacket is not price clipped. Jacket has a bit of edge wear and is now in a removable protective cover. Third print, 1955. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cliff Roberts (illustrator). 1962 1st British revised edition. ex ;ibrary. The book is in very good condition. clean, square and tight,small school stamp on inside front and back covers, and on title page. mark from tape on front and back covers. rear end paper has pen inscription and tape residue marks. The dust jacket is also very good condition. clean and bright, except for the spine, which is sun faded. price clipped. library numbers on bottom of spine and bottom of front. chipped and bumped to extremities. see photos. postage covers Fedex door to door delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Cliff Roberts, Illustrator (illustrator). First Edition, Third Printing. Third printing in nice original dust jacket. Clean gray cloth boards with crisp black lettering and trumpet design on cover, crisp black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, but there is a slight "pressure" mark to rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean delightfully illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and with drawings by Cliff Roberts. Music selected by David Martin. 65 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has slight edge wear, short closed tears at top spine edge; nice photos of Langston Hughes and Cliff Roberts on rear inside flap, with short biographies. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: new. new.

Hardcover. Condition: new. new.

HARDCOVER GREY. Condition: GOOD. ROBERTS, CLIFF (illustrator). slightl spotting to front cover, slight bumbed edges DATE PUBLISHED: 1955 EDITION: 65.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus, Slight Cover Wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Remnant of a d/j. Roberts, Cliff (illustrator). Eighth Printing. 66pp Illus Music selected by David Martin. Presentation copy signed by Langston Hughes. Inscription reads : "Especially for Carl Marshall. Sincerely, Langston Hughes Merry Christmas. New York, November, 1963." DJ remnant: rear panel and rear flap only. Signed Presentation Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st EDITION, 1st PRINTING. Inscribed by Hughes: :"Especially for Noel -- Sincerely -- , Langston, New York, January 10, 1955." First edition--unstated but first appearance of book. First Printing (Stated). This copy is NEAR FINE; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight but edges show a bit of age. The jacket is also near fine; intact, including excellent color and design, but some fraying on edges, small chip missing top front, small tears top back and top and bottom spine. Price clipped from top inside front flap. Folded into the book is a 12 page pamphlet published by Folkways Records titled "The Story of Jazz for Children" narrated by Langston Hughes with Documentary Recordings. The pamphlet is in excellent condition, clear, bright and unmarked except for slight age spots. . We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. inscribed by Author. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Number 58 in the First Book series. Illustrated by Cliff Roberts. Music selected by David Martin. Stated first printing. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear with a small chip at the crown of the spine), price clipped (but with $1.95 stamped at the top of the front flap) dust jacket.; 65 pages.