Hardbound 8vo in publisher's yellow cloth binding with pictorial black dust jacket lettered in yellow. D/j with tape repair inside head of spine and a 20 mm. tear below on front panel. Fine/Very good. Illustrated in black and white. With a wonderful inscription in bluepen on halvtitle: "To Ella. Good Luck. Duke Ellington. With the word "Love" written as often inside the "O" in Ellington. 334 pages.
The original title of this book is "The world of Duke Ellington.