LITTLE BOY BLUES
by Willis, George
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1947.. 1947.. Good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in magenta on the spine & in black within a music note stamped in magenta on the front cover. The covers are very lightly bumped & the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. The dust jacket is darkened & chipped with staining to the rear panel. There is a piece out of the head of the dust jacket spine & the adjacent corners of the panels with a small piece out of the tail. 223 pages. The bottom edges of several leaves are roughed with small tears & pieces out. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed by the author to novelist Edmund Gilligan on the half- title: "August 17 / Gilligan -- / It took the old Pro himself to help me through this one, and I'm not forgetting it. Make 'er read from left to right & front to rear! / Thanks, Edmund! / George Willis".<p>"An intnse, moving novel of the private life of a famous band leader" [dust wrapper blurb].
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4777
- Title
- LITTLE BOY BLUES
- Author
- Willis, George
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1947.
- Date Published
- 1947.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; JAZZ; MUSICIAN; TRUMPET; TRUMPETER; BIOGRAPHY; GEORGE WILLIS; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; NOVELIST; AUTHOR; EDMUND GILLIAN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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