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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Illustrated by Chet BAKER COVER PHOTO. Good. 10.7 X 8.2 X 0.7 inches GOOD Condition PAPERBACK, SOLIDLY BOUND, BUT HAS BACK COVER FOLD, AND SOME MILD WATER SPOTS LAST SEVERAL PAGES..; BLACK TITLES ON ORANGE & BLACK PAPER COVERS. WITH BLUE SIDEBAR TO COVER SHOWING CHET BAKER..; Sheet Music; Photo Cover CHET on folding chair, holding trumpet; 143 pages; history of hip, tracing "hipsters, flipsters and finger-poppin' daddies" from sax great Lester Young's "first musical portrait of the hipster" to present-day exponents such as Sade and Tom Waits. Writing with verve, vigor and hip wit, the authors riff on key jazzmen (Miles Davis), fashion trends, the jive jargon of Slim Gaillard, bopsters (Babs Gonzales), artists (David Stone Martin), writers (Cornell Woolrich), vocalists (Lambert, Hendricks and Ross), Harlem hoofers (Chuck Greene) and hip humor (Lord Buckley). The more than 250 illustrations include album covers and ads, and the page designs use cool-blue and lime-green weaving patterns to capture the visual image of hip.
