SIGNED Ellington's Band VANCE NANTON HODGES CARNE

Title: Duke Ellington
Author: Barry Ulanov
Publisher: Creative Age Press
Printing Year: 1946, Signed by members of Ellington's band

Details/Condition: Bound in black decorated cloth boards with its original dustjacket in a clear protective cover, this unique copy of this book bears the distinction of an applied card on the front pastedown endpaper which is signed by a number of members of the Ellington band. According to hand-written notes around the card, these signatures were collected at a concert given at the Troy State Armory in May of 1946. The signatures include Ray Nance, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Francis Williams, Shelton Hemphill and Taft Jordan. The front free endpaper also bears the hand-written name of the owner of the book, which appears to be Phyllis Cuzzove. There is a bookstore bookplate on the rear endpaper from the Union Book Co. Book Department in Schenectedy, NY. The volume shows some external age/wear concentrated at the edges of the jacket, and is solidly bound with clean pages. The book measures approximately 6.5" x 9.25" and contains 322 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $12.50