Jazz: From Congo to Swing

With an Introduction by Ray Sonin. First UK edition. [xii] + 273pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Publisher’s original blue cloth, titles stamped in blue to front and spine. Slight rubbing to board edges; light spotting to head of text block. Small chip to fore-edge of title page. Jacket slightly soiled; creased, rubbed and chipped with loss to extremities. “Originally written in French, Jazz was first translated and published in America. Then the French text was revised by the author and brought up to date, and it is from this latter version that the first English Edition has been published.”