Louis' Children: American Jazz Singers Tapa dura - 1984

New York, NY: William Morrow & Company, 1984 William Morrow & Company, New York. 1984. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light dust soiling of text block top; small area of sun-bleaching at head. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Gray grained boards with green cloth overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 366 pp 8vo. In the beginning there were gospel and blues singers and then came Louis Armstrong and Jazz. From the lead of Armstrong grew the great singers and their jazz- Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole, Brenda Lee, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and a host of others. This is the first comprehensive overview of Armstrong's great legacy. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket

New York: William Morrow, 1984. Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket, marker on endpaper. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket.

W. Morrow. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1984. Paperback. 0688022413 . Binding solid. Pages unmarked and only slightly aged. Cloth/paper cover has minor wear to spine tips, but otherwise okay. Dustjacket has minor wear and smudging. Also includes publisher's publicity brochure and "review copy" card. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 366 pages .

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 366pp. A small stain on the front boards thus near fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing and edgewear.

New York: William Morrow, 1984. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 366 pages. Signed and inscribed copy to David Chertok, noted collector of jazz on film from his private collection, by the author, dated 1984. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. As gospel singers and blues singers begat Louis Armstrong, so Armstrong gave rise to all jazz singers after him, or so Gourse's thesis goes. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy of this signed and inscribed association copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.