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SIGNED 1st - Gunther Schuller - THE SWING ERA - Development of JAZZ 1930-45
SIGNED 1st - Gunther Schuller - THE SWING ERA - Development of JAZZ 1930-45
SIGNED 1st - Gunther Schuller - THE SWING ERA - Development of JAZZ 1930-45
SIGNED 1st - Gunther Schuller - THE SWING ERA - Development of JAZZ 1930-45
SIGNED 1st - Gunther Schuller - THE SWING ERA - Development of JAZZ 1930-45
SIGNED 1st - Gunther Schuller - THE SWING ERA - Development of JAZZ 1930-45

SIGNED 1st - Gunther Schuller - THE SWING ERA - Development of JAZZ 1930-45

$ 39.6

Availability: 31 in stock
  • Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Inscribed
  • Author: Gunther Schuller
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Year Printed: 1989
  • Signed: Yes
  • Personalized: No
  • Topic: Music
  • Language: English
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Modification Description: signed
  • Subject: Performing Arts
  • Modified Item: Yes
  • Binding: Hardcover

    Description

    THE SWING ERA: The Development of Jazz 1930-1945
    The massive second volume in Gunther Schuller's definitive history of the first decades of jazz music. Schuller (1925-2015) was a composer, conductor, musician, and educator, the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to jazz.
    This 1989 hardcover first printing is
    signed
    by the author, with no inscription.
    Very rare
    thus.
    The book is in good shape. The jacket has some rubbing and other signs of age and use, including small wrinkles at the edges; no tears, stains, etc. The book itself has minor bumping to the cover corners and light soiling on the text edges, otherwise quite nice.
    Measures 6.25" X 9.5", xviii + 919 pages. Ships promptly & securely.