The Sociology of Rock

First edition. Hardback. Publisher’s olive green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. A little browning to board edges. Otherwise fine. In Tom Sawyer designed dust jacket, a tad faded to spine and with one small stain to lower panel. *** Rare first edition of Simon Frith’s influential first book, focusing on rock as a form of mass media. Simon Frith (born 1946) is both an academic and a rock writer. The Sociology of Rock is a sociological study written by someone with a great knowledge of music.