Great Men of American Popular Song: The History of the American Popular Song Told Through the Lives, Careers, Achievements, and Personalities of Its Foremost Composers and Lyricists-From William Billings of the Revolutionary War to the "Folk-Rock" of Bob Dylan
by Ewen, David
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0133641740
- ISBN 13
- 9780133641745
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, N. J, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Preface by author and index. Light purple coloured end pages. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A history of the development of American popular song. The history ends with the protest songs of Bob Dylan. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges with softening to the back strip edges also present. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Some marks to the top text block edge. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges with some Chipping to the corners and back strip edges. Fading of the back strip edge with rubbing of the panels. Remnants of a sticker can be seen to the top right hand corner of the front panel stop there is a stain that can be seen to the lower right-hand corner of the rear panel  which is more visible to the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - X, [2], 387, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music; United States; ISBN: 0133641740. ISBN/EAN: 9780133641745. Inventory No: 0288542. . 9780133641745
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- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288542
- Title
- Great Men of American Popular Song: The History of the American Popular Song Told Through the Lives, Careers, Achievements, and Personalities of Its Foremost Composers and Lyricists-From William Billings of the Revolutionary War to the "Folk-Rock" of Bob Dylan
- Author
- Ewen, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0133641740
- ISBN 13
- 9780133641745
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall Inc
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, N. J
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Music, America, popular song, history Music; United States; Unbranded ISBN: 0133641740 EAN: 9780133641745 Ewen, David Great Men of American Popular Song: The History of the American Popular Song Told Through the Lives, Careers, Achievements, and P
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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