Eddie Condon’s Treasury of Jazz

Very good first edition, inscribed by Condon and Gehman on free front end paper. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Minor bumping to ends of spine. Minor age toning to textblock. Slight dents to top and bottom of textblock. Front and rear hinges loose. Slight age toning to interior of front and back cover. Good dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Area of loss to top and bottom of spine. Slight fading to sides of spine. Slight wear to front cover. Minor creases to top and two half inch tears to bottom of front cover. Minor rubbing and stain to back cover. Slight crease to bottom of back cover. Very slight areas of loss to ends of folds. Minor wear to folds. What appears to be five scotch tapes to interior of dust jacket. Overall, a nice inscribed first edition by the leading figure in Chicago jazz, Eddie Condon and one the most significant American writers in jazz, Richard Gehman. 13433