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Condizione: Very good. Reprinted from Publisher?s Weekly for October 21, 1922; Large octavo. 3pp. Scarce.

A chronological look at the history of jazz, it attempts to cover the whole spectrum of the music without editorial analysis or comment. Year-by-year happenings, births, deaths, recordings, compositions, films, and books are, presented with contemporary photographs and ephemera in a large, easy-to-follow format. An in exhaustive reference of jazz. With a foreword by Scott Hamilton. /// This is a 1st edition paperback in near to fine condition. (176 pages).

orig. cloth. 22x14cm, [8364] pp, FIFTEEN [15] VOLUMES. Weighs 18.3 kilos. Volumes 1-29 bound in 15 volumes [as issued]. A facsimile reprint of the 1868-1936 editions. Vols. 20-29 are titled: "Bibliotheca Americana : A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time. Begun by Joseph Sabin, continued by Wilberforce Eames, and completed by R. W. G. Vail for the Bibliographical Society of America". Consists of: Vol. 1 . [1-2] A.B. - Brownell [574pp]; Vol. 2. [3-4] Brownell - Costa [574pp]; Vol. 3. [5-6] Costa Rica - Franklin [573 pp]; Vol. 4. [7-8] Franklin - Huntington [574 pp]; Vol. 5. [9-10] Huntington - Mclary [574 pp]; Vol. 6.[ 11-12] McClean - Nederland [582 pp]; Vol. 7. [13-14] Nederland - Philadelphia [582 pp]; Vol. 8. [15-16] Philadelphia - Remarks [582 pp]; Vol. 9. [17-18] Remarks - Schedae Ara [581 pp]; Vol. 10. [19-20] Schedel - Smith [577 pp]; Vol. 11. [21-22] Smith to Spiritual [573 pp]; Vol. 12. [23-24] Spiritual - Ternaux-Compans [571 pp]; Vol. 13. [25-26] Ternaux- Compans - Vindex [571 pp]; Vol. 14. [27-28] Vindex - Witherspoon [571 pp]; Vol. 15. [29] Witherspoon - Zwey [305 pp]. Some minor wear. Light cover soil. Bookplates. VG.