In Search of the Blues
by Hamilton, Marybeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0465028586
- ISBN 13
- 9780465028580
- Seller
-
Cambridge, New York, United States
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About This Item
Basic Books. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 2008. First edition. Both dustjacket and book are in very good+ condition. Dustjacket shows just minor rubbing. It's free of marks and the edges are still sharp. On the boards, there are two minor spots of discoloration on the front. Pages are crisp and clean and the binding is tight.
Synopsis
A revisionist account which claims that, archaic and primeval though the music may sound, “Delta blues” emerged in the late twentieth century, the culmination of a longstanding white fascination with black singers untainted by modernity. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Strattman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202306181211
- Title
- In Search of the Blues
- Author
- Hamilton, Marybeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0465028586
- ISBN 13
- 9780465028580
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2008
- LCCN
- 2007034444
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
Terms of Sale
Eric Strattman
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About the Seller
Eric Strattman
Biblio member since 2021
Cambridge, New York
About Eric Strattman
individual, private seller.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.