(New York: Robert W. Kelly Publishing Corp.), 1957.
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Softcover. Program. Quarto. [46]pp. Illustrated from photographs and with art by Miguel Covarrubias. Comb-bound in blue illustrated coated paper wrappers. Broadside sheet with a message from President Eisenhower laid-in. Near fine with light rubbing and a tiny spot. A tribute celebrating the life of composer W.C. Handy who credited himself as the "Father of the Blues." The volume includes tributes from musicians and journalists such as Noble Sissle, Nat Cole, Ed Sullivan, Abel Green, Paul Ackerman, Sigmund Spaeth, Abbe Niles, and Leonard Feather, as well reproductions of telegrams and a proclamation from (then) Vice President Richard Nixon and New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Rare. *OCLC* locates one copy.
Item #457840
