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COHAN, GEORGE M. Twenty Years on Broadway and the Years It Took to Get There. The True story of the Trouper's Life from the Cradle to the Closed Shop.
1925. Cloth. David Jasen's copy. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1925. First edition. Octavo. Gilt spine titled crimson cloth. Gilt lettering is slighty rubbed. edges are faintly tanned. Top edge is lightly dusted. Endpapers are lightly tanned else a near fine copy of this excellent and uncommon autobiography of composer and Broadway producer, George M. Cohan. This copy comes from the library of David A. Jasen, who has written his initials in pencil at the top corner of the front fly in addition to a small pencil notation. Jasen is considered to be the world's foremost authority on ragtime music and has studied, recorded and performed ragtime music for over five decades. He has authored many books, including several books on the history of popular music in addition to several books on author P.G. Wodehouse, on whom he is also an expert. A beautiful copy of a great book. Scarce, especially in this very nice condition.
Offered for US$ 475.00 by: Pawprint Books - Book number: 1011762_DJ