1956, ISBN: 32358b1167dfc2d921299cff0e7321c0

E-182: Doubleday. Good. 1956. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. , New York, 1956. 250 pages. Chronological discography. Bound in maroon cloth boards w… Plus…

E-182: Doubleday. Good. 1956. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. , New York, 1956. 250 pages. Chronological discography. Bound in maroon cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. A very curious previous owner's inscription present to the half-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Billie Holiday’s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums) , to her emergence on Harlem’s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie’s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of “Strange Fruit”; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more) ; and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday’s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages ., Doubleday, 1956, 2.5<

1956, ISBN: 32358b1167dfc2d921299cff0e7321c0

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday, E-182], Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. , New York, 1956. 250 pages. Chronological discography. Bound in maroon cloth boar… Plus…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Doubleday, E-182], Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. , New York, 1956. 250 pages. Chronological discography. Bound in maroon cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. A very curious previous owner's inscription present to the half-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Billie Holiday’s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums) , to her emergence on Harlem’s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie’s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of "Strange Fruit"; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more) ; and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday’s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages<

1956, ISBN: 32358b1167dfc2d921299cff0e7321c0

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Gebraucht, [SC: 37.11], [PU: Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York], LADY SINGS THE BLUES BILLIE HOLIDAY HOLLIDAY BIOGRAPHY FEMALE JAZZ SINGERS ELEANORA FAGAN VOCALISTS AMERICAN POP MUSIC A… Plus…

Gebraucht, [SC: 37.11], [PU: Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York], LADY SINGS THE BLUES BILLIE HOLIDAY HOLLIDAY BIOGRAPHY FEMALE JAZZ SINGERS ELEANORA FAGAN VOCALISTS AMERICAN POP MUSIC ARTIE SHAW COUNT BASIE BAND, 250 pages. Chronological discography. Autobiography of this eminent jazz and pop vocalist. Fascimile dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Usual library markings. Rebound in decorated green library buckram sans the original photo-illustrated endpapers. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy first edition reading copy. Meadows 2173, Books<