signed first edition Hardcover
1982 · Metuchen, NJ
by BERGER, Morroe, Edward Berger, and James Patrick
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press and The Institute of Jazz Studies, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Two volumes. Publisher's blue cloth gilt, issued without dustwrapper. Fine. Signed in Volume One by Benny Carter and Edward Berger; Inscribed in Volume Two by Benny Carter. Nice scholarly work, seldom found signed. Carter was an important and influential jazz performer who played with nearly every major jazz artist of the 20th Century. (Inventory #: 293567)