Author: Willis, George.
Title: Little Boy Blues.
Description: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1947. 1947. - Octavo, black cloth titled in magenta on the spine & in black within a music note stamped in magenta on the front cover. The covers are very lightly bumped & the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. The dust jacket is darkened & chipped with staining to the rear panel. There is a piece out of the head of the dust jacket spine & the adjacent corners of the panels with a small piece out of the tail. 223 pages. The bottom edges of several leaves are roughed with small tears & pieces out. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author to novelist Edmund Gilligan on the half-title: "August 17 / Gilligan -- / It took the old Pro himself to help me through this one, and I'm not forgetting it. Make 'er read from left to right & front to rear! / Thanks, Edmund! / George Willis".

"An intnse, moving novel of the private life of a famous band leader" [dust wrapper blurb]. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; JAZZ; MUSICIAN; TRUMPET; TRUMPETER; BIOGRAPHY; GEORGE WILLIS; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; NOVELIST; AUTHOR; EDMUND GILLIAN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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