The jacket is badly chipped and the back is missing the lower, outer edge. Internally the book is in excellent condition, no markings and solidly bound. Second printing. "Herebis more than a biography of a great musician. It is an unabashed picture of the bigotries and biases which Duke (Ellington) and his Negro musicians have had to face, presented with a frank prejudice in favor of equality and against discrimination. ...." (front flap)