Dance Band Era: The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing, 1910-50
Language: English
Published by Spring Books., 1974
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United KingdomCocksparrow Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1974 (1971)* Publisher: Spring Books.* Binding and cover condition: Grey cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: B/W photo-cover on yellow green and red ground. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head of spine. Spine slightly faded. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, very slight paper colouration to page margins throughout. VG* Illustrations: B/w photos throughout.* Pages: 170 pp. text. vi pp. Discography, bibliography & Index at rear.* Description: "In this comprehensive history, Albert McCarthy traces the rise and fall of the dance bands from the explosion of popular music in the years following 1918 to the onslaught of television and Elvis Presley in the 1950s. Here are the ragtime bands of the early years; the show bands of Fred Waring and Paul Whiteman; the society bands of Eddie Duchin and Guy Lombardo; the leading British bands of the 30s, which under the leadership of men like Jack Payne, Ray Noble and Jack Hylton reached a worldwide audience; and the great swing bands of Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller."* A NEAR FINE copy with only minor faults reducing it to VG*.…
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- Title
- Dance Band Era: The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing, 1910-50
- Author
- McCarthy, Albert
- Publisher
- Spring Books.
- Publication year
- 1974
- Condition
- Vg/F/VG+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0600329070
- ISBN 13
- 9780600329077
- Illustrator
- Illustrated By Photos Throughout
- Edition
- y First Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Dance Music, Etertainment, Music
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Cocksparrow Books
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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Cocksparrow Books is a small on-line second hand book store selling for the last 25 years following the closure of our small bookshop in Wadhurst, East Sussex. We specialise in non-fiction and hard to find titles in a number of fields. We also sell early impression fiction in VG condition avoiding more recent best sellers and airport editions. Our condition notes are as detailed as possible to allow purchasers to fully appreciate what they can expect when they buy. We are open to queries and will do our best to respond quickly to text messages and e-mails. Our offerings may not be the cheapest but if you are looking for a positive outcome to a purchase on-line, do consider ordering from us.…
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