Raymond Douglas was born in St Louis on the day of the great hurricane that tore down half the city and marked the death of the blues singer Florence Mill. Music and violence became the major forces in his life. Herbert Simmons won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship in 1957 for "Corner Boy".
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Raymond Douglas was born in St Louis on the day of the great hurricane that tore down half the city and marked the death of the blues singer Florence Mill. Music and violence became the major forces in his life. Herbert Simmons won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship in 1957 for "Corner Boy".
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Fine condition, appears unused. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own). Are you outside UK? Then unless you arrange shipping 'Via Alibris' we WILL cancel your order; this is due to the derisory shipping allowance that Alibris make to sellers for overseas orders.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Signed. Inscribed to previous owner by author Herbert Simmons. Very Good. Used with NO markings in text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
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Very Good. Book Octavo, softcover, VG in red and grey pictorial wraps., 256 pp. Old School Books. First published in 1962 this is one of the most lyrical portraits of a jazz musician ever published, inspired by his fellow St. Louis native Miles Davis. Infused with the blues it's a haunting jazz novel with radical elements to shock and move the reader.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Dustwrapper, pp.250. Novel with a jazz and blues theme. Wrapper very clean but with a little wear to the top edge, a small closed split to the cover top corner, and a tiny one at head of spine. Contents very clean and crisp. Authors second novel. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
