Tin Pan Alley. A Chronicle of the American Popular Music Racket
first edition
1930 · New York
by GOLDBERG, ISAAC
New York: John Day, 1930. First Edition. Ownership signature. From the introduction by George Gershwin: “A book that needed to be written...a swell, a gorgeous story.” A study of the personalities and forces that gave birth to American popular music, ragtime, jazz, and “other secrets of The Great American Noise.” Illustrated. Fine in a very good colorful dust jacket with some fading, a 3/4” piece missing from the base of the spine, small chips and tears. Scare in dust jacket. (Inventory #: 8142J)