[Rarebooks] FS: LADY SINGS THE BLUES Inscribed by Billie Holiday

[Charles Agvent]

One of the many unusual items in our new Spring Internet Catalogue now 
posted on our website:  http://www.erols.com/agvent

HOLIDAY,  Billie and DUFFY, William. LADY SINGS THE BLUES.  Garden
City:  Doubleday  & Company, Inc. 1956. Illustrated with  photographic
endpapers  and  containing  a chronological discography  at  the  end.
Early  but  not  first printing of this autobiography of  perhaps  the
most  influential jazz singer of all time, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the
author/singer  on  the front blank "For Mr. & Mrs.  Chuck  Landis/Stay
Happy  always/Billie Holiday." Co-authored by William Duffy, this book
was  made into a film starring Diana Ross as Holiday. Chuck Landis was
the  owner of a famous strip club, the Largo Club on the Sunset  Strip
in  West  Hollywood,  hangout of gangster Mickey Cohen  and  others. A
very  scarce  signature, especially in a book and in  this  condition.
Dustwrapper  with some edgewear and long closed tear along front spine
edge,  but quite presentable under mylar. Near Fine in Good,  complete
dustwrapper and quite uncommon.                               $6000.00

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