signed first edition Tall 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 378 pages
1971 · NY
by SHAW, Arnold
NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Signed or inscribed by four famous jazz musicians on the front endpaper & half-title page: Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby Hackett, Cozy Cole and Jonah Jones. A book about 52nd Street in New York from its speakeasy days to becoming one of the best places to hear jazz and take in other entertainment. Tall 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 378 pages. Signed By Four Jazz Greats! Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight) some edgewear & rubbing (two tears rear cover repaired with clear, archival tape on the interior) d/j.
(Inventory #: 56677)