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Horn of Plenty - INSCRIBED TO WILD BILL DAVISON

Horn of Plenty - INSCRIBED TO WILD BILL DAVISON

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Horn of Plenty - INSCRIBED TO WILD BILL DAVISON

by Armstrong, Louis. (1901–1971) [Goffin, Robert. (1898–1984)]

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New York: Allen, Towne & Heath, Inc., 1947. First edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Story of Louis Armstrong, inscribed by Armstrong on the front free endpage "To my life long Buddy Bill Davidson from Louis Armstrong." First edition in English, published in French, in Paris, in the same year. Hardcover, original blue cloth, title in gilt to spine, treble clef embossed to the upper board. Portrait frontispiece, 304 pp. Signed page heavily toned, half title with two small punched holes, spine rubbed with ends a bit frayed, somewhat shaken but solid.


Robert Goffin and Armstrong were close friends and although the volume is credited to Goffin, the later publication of his notebooks makes amply clear that he was in fact acting as Armstrong's paid amanuensis, much of the included material being drawn from Armstrong's own manuscript autobiography. 'Wild' Bill Davison (1906 - 1989) was a fiery jazz cornet player who emerged in the 1920s and is best remembered for his association with the bandleader Eddie Condon, with whom he worked and recorded from the mid-1940s through to the 1960s. Between 1924 and his death, Davison made about 800 recordings, saying at age 76 that "I'll go on playing until my teeth drop out." Louis Armstrong once told him "If anything ever happens to me, I know you can keep on doing what I'm doing." (NY Times Obituary, November 16, 1989) There is no second "d" in Bill's name which makes Armstrong's inscription in the present volume even more endearing.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Horn of Plenty - INSCRIBED TO WILD BILL DAVISON
Author
Armstrong, Louis. (1901–1971) [Goffin, Robert. (1898–1984)]
Book Condition
New Used; Like New
Jacket Condition
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Quantity Available
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Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Allen, Towne & Heath, Inc.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1947
Keywords
Book :: Jazz

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Inscribed
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First Edition
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Shaken
A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Gilt
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Cloth
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Half Title
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