Nighthawk Blues by Guralnick, Peter - 1980

Seaview Books, 1980T. hardcover. Good. 1.0000 in x 8.4000 in x 6.0000 in.

New York. 1980. November 1980. Seaview Books. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 087223634x. 244 pages. hardcover. Jacket design By Antler & Baldwin. keywords: Literature America Blues. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Celebrating the ‘Year of the Blues' - as 2003 has been designated by the U. S. Congress - Back Bay Books takes pleasure in issuing a new paperback edition of the ultimate novel of the blues. Peter Guralnick's touching and vivid portrait of the legendary bluesman he calls the Screamin' Nighthawk draws us into an extraordinary life, taking us from the Hawk's humble beginnings in Yula, Mississippi; through road trips, love affairs, and barroom brawls; through memorable performances at honky-tonks, in recording studios, and on festival stages throughout the country; to the pinnacle of international celebrity and then back again to compulsive, inspired, down-home music-making. Nighthawk Blues offers a rare, unvarnished, and utterly compelling look at a life in music.… Read More

NY: Seaview Books; (1980). First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing, very good in a very good dust jacket. Slight spine slant to the book; pages are just slightly toned. The price clipped jacket has a little edgewear and a crease on the front flap. The author's first novel about an aging Delta blues musician rediscovered in the 1960's. No writing in or on the book.

New York: Seaview Books, 1980. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth spine, tan paper-covered boards. Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

New York: Seaview Books, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Spotting on the page edges thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with some toning and tiny tears.