BX6-A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good-condition

BX6-A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good-condition with a dust jacket in very good-condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with white & yellow lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library stamps on the front endpaper and top outside paper edges plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus there is the usual library label on the spine wrapping around onto the back plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. A novel about America, music, race, addiction and the process of art. A novel about a white, middle-aged musicologist who has spent half his life immersed in jazz. He finally feels that he is ready to explain the life and work of one of its masters and he believes this will show him the way past the accidents of birth and the disparities of experience that divide him from his subject. 321p.

Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic

Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 324 p. Audience: General/trade.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 324 p. Audience: General/trade.

First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A novel.

First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A novel.