Dorothy Baker Young Man With A Horn

Baker, Dorothy: Young Man with a Horn, Press of the Reader's Club 1943
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A nice edition of this work. Clean and sound throughout. Original grey cloth stamped crisply with title and decor to cover and spine. Owner's nameplate on front endpaper. Dustjacket with wear to edges and small color chips. All of our books are hand selected and are as described. Mylar protective sleeves are available. Good Original Cloth

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Dorothy Baker: Young Man with a Horn, Houghton Mifflin 1938

INSCRIBED BY DOROTHY BAKER AND ALSO INSCRIBED BY NOVELIST JANET FRAME AND POET YVOR WINTERS on the flyleaf. 1938 1st edition. VG- (with foxing to the front and back panels and to the endpapers) in an unclipped, VG- example of the dustjacket. The jacket has a bit of chipping at the tips and some foxing on the jacket flaps. Also, 2 discreet pieces of thin black tape on the head and tail of the spine. Still, bright and very presentable. Octavo, 243 pgs. Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition Dust Jacket Included Hardcover

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Baker, Dorothy, ~ by Dorothy Baker. . Young man with a horn . Gollancz , 1938
Jazz musicians ~ Trumpet players ~ Self-destructive behavior EXAU09-00728-KEX0133827 .

Original cloth ~ Near-good copy with slanted spine with a rubbed spot to upper edge. Clean text, very slight suggestion of foxing to prelims and page edges. OCLC(OCoLC)ocm56400667 Commissioning organisation: by Dorothy Baker. 286 p.. 21 cm. , Unknown , USED, GOOD

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Baker, Dorothy: Young Man with a Horn, New York Signet 1953
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Second printing, December 1953. Creases and some folds to wraps. Stamp on first page. Pages somewhat tanned. "Jazz was His Life- His Triumph and Tragedy." "Rick Martin was a thin blond kid who grew up with music in his head- music that had to come out of a horn..." No Jacket Soft Cover 7" Tall

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