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HBDJ, Stated 1st Edition, 1956 ON HALF TITLE & COPYRIGHT ,1st Impression, ,Red cloth Titled on Spine Cover in B/W VG+/GOOD , Cover & SPINE light rub, wear Scuff, 250 pgs, Interior nice tight clean light wear Fox. DJ HAS RUB, WEAR SCUFFING ETC & TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS, a bit of spine lean, some bumping at board and spine extremities, a few scuff marks to boards, rubbing/fading to spine, pages clean & unmarked & a bit age-tanned; dust wrapper has chipping and tears at head & foot of spine and inside flap fold corners, shelfwear at edges, white tape at top right of front panel, some tape repair to verso, scuffing to panels, rubbing to spine" TAPE RESIDUE TOP FRONT DJ CORNER , 9 years after her incarceration in Alderson Federal Prison Camp for narcotics offences, and 3 years before her untimely death of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of only 44. pulls few punches in addressing her troubled childhood experiences of sexual abuse and prostitution, her heroin addiction, her drinking, her imprisonment on…
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Lady Sings The Blues (Autobiography) LEGENDARY JAZZ SINGER, in Dustjacket, CHRONOLOGICAL DISCOGRAPHY, STATED 1st Edition, Published in 1956, when BILLIE Holiday was 41 years old, 9 years after her incarceration in Alderson Federal Prison Camp for narcotics offences,
by Billie Holiday, with William Dufty photographic endpapers IN B/W of Holiday, Inner DJ Flap .75 WITH some Separation at FOLD
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Lady Sings The Blues (Autobiography) LEGENDARY JAZZ SINGER in DJ, 1st UK Edition in Nice dustjacket AFRICAN AMERICAN , BLACKS
by Billie Holiday, with William Dufty , Blank Endpapers FOX & TAPE RESIDUE, INNER DJ FLAP 16s. NET, Illustrated B/W FOTOS, BACK FLAP AD HOLIDAY ON PHILIPS LP
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HBDJ, 1ST UK EDITION, STATED FIRST PUBLISHED 1958, First English edition. VG/VG-, AS-IS, 226 pages plus plates, Jacket was taped in at one point many years ago TO ENDPAPERS and left tape ghosts to the inner and outer boards, INTERIOR LITE FIX & FEW FOX STAINS . Book also has some spotting to first blank pages . Jacket also has some spotting and a couple neat repairs on the back at the spine tips. Displays quite well with despite its flaws. Rare in hardcover these days. 226 PGS BRITISH DISCOGRAPHY. & CHRONOLOGICAL DISCOGRAPHY, RED CLOTH TAPE GHOSTS AT EDGES Titled in gold on spine cvr
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Lady Sings the Blues [Jazz]: A Fiercely Honest Jazz High Spot
by Holiday, Billie with Dufty, William
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. A Fiercely Honest Jazz High Spot Red cloth boards with silver and black spine titles; photo-illustrated endpapers; 8.5 inches tall; 250 pages with a chronological discography. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. The price-clipped dust jacket has edge wear on the rear panel and spine tips, now in a new Mylar protective sleeve.. This memoir offers a candid account of jazz icon Billie Holiday's life, from her humble rough-and-tumble beginnings in Baltimore, where she ran errands in a brothel to hear music, to her rise in Harlem's club scene and to sold-out performances with renowned bands like Count Basie's and Artie Shaw's. It delves into her experiences with racism, addiction, and brushes with the law, including her infamous song debut of 'Strange Fruit';, encounters with celebrities, and conflicts with fellow musicians…
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Lady Sings The Blues (Autobiography) LEGENDARY JAZZ SINGER in DJ, 1st UK Edition
by Billie Holiday, with William Dufty , BLANK endpapers SMALL Sticker & Name , INNER DJ FLAP 16s. NET, Illustrated B/W FOTOS, BACK FLAP AD HOLIDAY ON PHILIPS LP, THAT RECORDS
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HBDJ, 1ST UK EDITION, FIRST PUBLISHED 1958, First English edition. 226 pages plus plates. VG/VG, DJ has Tiny Extremities Tears chips, , else a NEAR fine- copy in the very slightly chipped, rubbed dustwrapper (now protected with removable archival plastic); a presentable copy.
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