[Rarebooks] FS: Yodeling Slim Clarke songbook, 1951, signed

[Bob Petrilla]

Clarke, Slim (Raymond LeRoy). YODELING SLIM CLARKE, FOLIO NO. 1. Edited,
compiled and arranged by Joseph Estella. NY: Associated Composers, 1951.
First Edition. 20pp; portrait, 16 illus from photographs at centerfold.
Contains words and music to eight songs, most written by R. (Slim) Clarke,
including: Stampede The Outlaw; Trail Riders Moon; Cat Came Back; My
Calgary Home; and four more. Signs of use; archival spine reinforcement.
12" x 9" Good . Pictorial Paper Covers.
Signed on the back cover: "Your Pal, Yodeling Slim Clarke." Clarke
(1917-2000) dropped the "e" from his name some time after this book was
published. He began his career in New England in the 1930s, had several c&w
bands in the 1940s, cut his first record in 1946, won the World Yodeling
Championship in 1947, &c.    $50.00

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