Jazzbook 1947, Albert McCarthy — 1st Edition

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Jazzbook 1947, Albert McCarthy — 1st Edition

Name: Jazzbook 1947, Albert McCarthy — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6442
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Publication: London, Editions Poetry London, 1947

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 171.

Condition Report: Very Good. The original blue cloth boards remain clean and robust, featuring bright, unoxidised gilt lettering across the front board. The binding is remarkably tight and square, displaying no discernible shelf-lean or structural fatigue. Internally, the text block is entirely sound; the pages remain supple and crisp, exhibiting only the faint, uniform age-toning entirely typical of post-war paper stock, with no foxing, dampstaining, or internal markings. The original dust jacket is present and unclipped (retaining the 8s 6d net price to the front flap), though It suffers from minor chipping and light wear to the spine extremities and corners, alongside mild surface rubbing and light age-darkening to the rear panel, yet the striking front cover illustration remains vibrant and highly presentable.

Catalogue Note: This is a first printing of Jazzbook 1947, conceived as the inaugural volume of a planned yearly series to document the contemporary jazz scene. The work encapsulates the transatlantic critical discourse on jazz immediately following the Second World War.

The volume is complete with its original illustrated dust jacket and features twelve half-tone photographic plates of prominent jazz musicians, including a frontispiece of Louis Armstrong.

Finding post-war music anthologies of this specific nature with intact, unclipped dust jackets in such well-preserved condition is becoming increasingly uncommon on the open market, making this an appealing acquisition for dedicated collectors of mid-century jazz history and ephemera.

Edited by Albert McCarthy, Jazzbook 1947 represents a pioneering attempt to establish rigorous critical criteria for the appreciation of jazz as a serious art form. Gathering insightful contributions from both English and American writers, the anthology offers historical perspectives that trace the origins of swing from the early brass bands and sporting houses of New Orleans through to the contemporary post-war scene. Supplemented by twelve photographs of key musical figures, the book provides dedicated analyses of foundational elements such as ragtime, the blues, and neo-spirituals, alongside personal accounts from seminal musicians, serving as a comprehensive and highly readable snapshot of jazz scholarship in the late 1940s.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Albert McCarthy

Book Publisher: Editions Poetry London

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Music

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 171

Book Publication Year: 1947

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Jazzbooks

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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