Duke: A Portrait of Duke Ellington by Derek Jewell - 1977-04-01

NY: W.W. Norton & Company. 1st printing with number 1 on copyright page. . VG. Hardcover. 1st. 1977.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977. Hardcover in publisher's price-clipped dust-jacket. 264 pages. Select Discography and Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977. 1st printing. hardcover. Acceptable/FAIR. 7x1x10. Previous owner markings on flyleaf with pen - and bracketing and underlining passages. Dust jacket short tears and chips along top edges and lower spine. Foxing heavy at top, lighter along leading edges.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x9. First edition. Addenda slip laid in. Jacket lightly toned, bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped. 1977 Hard Cover. 264 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. "Edward Kennedy Ellington, the Duke. As a musician, there has been no other artist quite like him. His expansive talent poured out more than five thousand compositions, from all-time pop songs like “Sophisticated Lady” and “Solitude” to major suites and musicals. Derek Jewell had admired Ellington for thirty years, knew him well in the later years of his life, talked with him and watched him at work in many environments. His story starts in turn-of-the-century Washington, when jazz was growing under the fingers of poolroom maestros, moves on to the hustling night life of Prohibition, and then develops into a portrait of Ellington the international celebrity,… Read More

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977. hardcover in fine condition with near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

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W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977-04-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x0. Minor shelf wear & toning on binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Price clipped dj lightly shelf worn. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.

NY: Norton, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Biography of jazz pianist/composer Edward Kennedy Ellington (1899-1974). Photos, index, discography. Review copy with slip laid in. Dust jacket has clip on lower corner of front flap, but price is at top.

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. VG+. 1977. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition, Very Good+ dust jacket Dust jacket price clipped.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 264 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .