CAB CALLOWAY. XTR. RARE SIGNED SET: OF MINNIE THE MOOCHER & ME +PHOTO+PRESS KIT
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THE LOT: A VERY RARE COMPLETE SET OF THREE ITEMS:
A SIGNED BOOK ("OF MINNIE THE MOOCHER & ME" - 1ST EDITION!), AUTHENTICALLY AND BOLDLY SIGNED (IN THE U.S.),
IN RED BALLPOINT PEN BY CAB CALLOWAY (A VERY FINE AUTOGRAPH!!), A GLOSSY PHOTO, AND A FINE FOLDER OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS!!
THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT I'VE EVER SEEN THE VERY RARE COMPREHENSIVE AND INTERESTING PRESS KIT UP FOR AUCTION ON EBAY!!
I'M DOWNSIZING MY COLLECTION OF JAZZ-AND BLUES ITEMS (RARE RECORDS, CD'S, AUTOGRAPHED CONCERT PROGRAMS,
POSTERS, BOOKS, DISCOGRAPHIES, PHOTOS, ETC.).
"Of Minnie the Moocher & Me" by Cab Calloway with Bryant Rollins. Authentically signed (in the U.S.) by Cab Calloway on the title page: "All the best Cab Calloway." Published by Thomas Y. Crowell company, New York, 1976.
First Edition! 55 black & white illustrations and illustrated endpapers - a wonderful "Harlem map." 282 pages. Beautifully bound in silver gilt binding with black titling on the spine. Dust jacket. A wonderful book.
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (1907 –1994) was an American jazz singer, dancer, and bandleader. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer.
Cab was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands from the start of the 1930's to the late 1940's. Calloway's band included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Doc Cheatham,
saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitarist Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Cab Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.
APART FROM (DUST JACKET) WEAR FROM USE AND AGE, IT IS A VERY GOOD SET! THE HARDBACK BOOK IN EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT CONDITION!!
THE PRESS KIT FOLDER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE PRESS KIT MATERIALS (INCL. THE GLOSSY PHOTO) IN MINT CONDITION!!
THE DUST JACKET: SOME TAPE REPAIR AT THE SPINE, OTHERWISE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
A VERY RARE SET!!
LOW STARTING PRICE! NO RESERVE! THE SET IS GUARANTEED ORIGINAL.
GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT MY AUCTIONS.
THE CONDITION IS GUARANTEED. PLEASE SEE MY 12 PHOTOS. I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO COMBINE ITEMS WON WITHIN A FEW DAYS OR SO.
SOLD AS IS. NO RETURNS. PAYPAL ONLY. PAYMENT IS EXPECTED WITHIN 5 DAYS.
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