HELD, JOHN JR. - The Saga of Frankie and Johnny

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Held Jr.. Light wear to extremities. Dust jacket is price-clipped, light water staining on upper front, short tear top edge. Top page corners appear bumped. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; Woodcuts; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 25 pages; An illustrated edition featuring the jazz-era folk song "Frankie and Johnny". This book was originally published towards the end of the 1920's, but the bawdy woodcuts were considered too risque for the times. John Held Jr's twenty three woodcuts (one for each verse) are shown in this volume.. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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