BERLIN, Irving

Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning

New York, Irving Berlin Music Corporation, (1945) but later. wraps. Quarto (9" x 12") in gray and green illustrated wraps; 6 pages. Vintage sheet music with words and music by Irving Berlin. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the composer on the front cover: "For Iris and Jeff/with love from/Irving Berlin/1979." . Near Fine .

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Book number: 019061

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Music Lyrics, Modern Firsts, Irving Berlin, Modern First Editions, Inscribed, Sheet Music Inscribed Modern First Editions Sheet Music Irving Berlin

BERLIN, Irving

Signed Collection of Sheet Music

[1981]. Hardcover. Thick quarto (8-7/8" x 11-3/4" x 3" thick) in a plastic-enclosed black pebbled leather 3-hole binder containing 194 vintage pieces of sheet music by Irving Berlin, likely all reprints, specially compiled and arranged alphabetically with a special contents page bound at the front. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the composer on the front endpaper: "For Rosemary and Earl Wilson/with love from/Irving Berlin -- 1981." A privately compiled effort exclusively produced and supervised by Irving Berlin during his twilight years, likely only for his closest friends. We are aware of the existence of only one other copy, that belonging to Harold Arlen. Earl Wilson was one of the best known gossip columnists of his day and an authority on Broadway and show business. He often interviewed Berlin, including the well-known interview in December 1953 about HOLIDAY INN when Berlin told Wilson: "But the public liked 'White Christmas' and it became a runaway. You see, a war song doesn't have to be about wars. This is really a peace song." Wilson and Berlin were longtime friends maintaining a 35-year correspondence. Signed page a bit wrinkled not affecting Berlin's writing. Near Fine and possibly unique .

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Book number: 019676

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Music Lyrics, Modern Firsts, Irving Berlin, Modern First Editions, Inscribed, Association Copy, Sheet Music Signed Association Copy Sheet Music Irving Berlin

BERLIN, Irving

Typed Letter Signed (Tls) on the Rumor That a "Colored Boy" Wrote His Songs

14 June 1948. Letter. On a sheet of his personal stationery (7" x 10") addressed to Michael de Lisio of MGM Pictures, Berlin answers an inquiry about a rumor, prevalent since the 1920s, that his songs had been written for him by an anonymous black boy. In full: "The little colored boy story that MacLane talks about is probably the Harry Ruby one. Some years ago, I walked into the Friar's Club with a three months Palm Beach tan and Harry Ruby, who was in the club, pointed to me and said 'there's the little colored fellow who writes all of Berlin's stuff.' Another Ruby crack about the colored fellow was -- Sometime ago, a songwriter asked Ruby how old the little colored boy was and Harry replied 'oh, about Irving's age.'" SIGNED by the composer "Irving Berlin." With a short typed statement by the recipient of the letter stating that he was working at the time for MGM in charge of publicity for EASTER PARADE. Superb letter. Faint folds from mailing. Near Fine .

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Book number: 021565

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Irving Berlin, Popular Music, Show Music Signed Popular Music Show Music Irving Berlin

BERNDT, Jerry

The Homeless: Missing Persons

(Wollaston, MA), Many Voices Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio (11" x 12") in printed wraps. Text and photographs by Jerry Berndt. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the photographer on the title page in the year of publication. Ill.: Jerry Berndt. Near Fine .

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Book number: 017895

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Photography, Modern Firsts Jerry Berndt Illustrated Books Literature: American Modern First Editions Modern Photography

BERRYMAN, John

Autograph Letter Signed (Als)

n.p. 13 September 1969. Letter. On personal stationery addressed to a Mr. Watson completely in Berryman's holograph and SIGNED by him at the conclusion. Berryman thanks him for his invitation but says his lecture and seminar schedule forbid him to accept. Fine .