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1924138483New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1924. First edition. Softcover. 50 pages. Number 19 in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. An about very good copy with a paperclip impression to the top of a number of pages in an integral dust jacket that has some small edge tears and chips. Seemingly quite uncommon. Yale University Press unknown books
1977Embry 152775U. of Chicago Press 1977. Fine in near fine lightly soiled dust jacket with a short closed tear in mylar cover. B&W illustrations and maps. U. of Chicago Press, 1977. unknown books
195370651sChicago: The University of Chicago Press 1953. Octavo green cloth hardcover gilt letters and decoration to upper cover xxix 644 pp. Very Good with light soiling to page edges covers bright and tight. The University of Chicago Press, [1953]. hardcover books
192573828London: Chapman & Hall 1925. Hardcover. Good. photos index xvi 206p. Original green cloth. 22cm. Backstrip and adjacent cover area faded. Corner worn. Former owner's name stamp embossed on title-leaf. No Jacket. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
20930<p><b>BLAKE EUBIE</b>. 1883-1983. American ragtime pianist and composer of "I'm Just Wild about Harry" "Love Will Find a Way" "Charleston Rag" "Memories of You" and other hits. AMusMsS. <i>"Eubie Blake"</i>. 8pp. Small folio roughly 9½" x 12½". N.p.; after 1959. An autograph piano vocal score in pencil of his most famous song "I'm Just Wild about Harry" with notable differences from the original 1921 sheet music version. Seven pages of music and lyrics on four sheets of "King Brand" lined music paper totaling 90 triple measures in E-flat Major set to ¾ time; each page bearing Blake's 1959 Local 802 union stamp. Blake has written on the cover in blue ink "<i>I think Harry would be better for Waltz if Key of C. Sorry about this number in Lead Pencle</i>sic." He has added his initials "<i>E.B.</i>" in red ink to each of these two lines. The first page of music is headed "'<i>I'm Just Wild about Harry' The New Arrangement for Miss Swann Words by Noble Sissle Music by Eubie Blake</i>."</p><p>Blake the son of former slaves who nurtured their child's musical talent began composing while playing in clubs bordellos medicine shows and on the vaudeville circuit where he met composer Noble Sissle and formed the Dixie Duo. Together they composed the groundbreaking musical revue <i>Shuffle Along</i> with playwrights Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles whom they had met at an NAACP benefit. </p><p>After touring New Jersey and Pennsylvania <i>Shuffle Along </i>premiered on Broadway in 1921 and was an instant hit running for an unprecedented 504 performances and defying conventional wisdom that a show written by and starring African-Americans could be commercially successful. <i>Shuffle Along</i>launched the careers of Josephine Baker and Paul Robeson and was the first Broadway show to feature an all-black cast. Additionally its hit song "I'm Just Wild about Harry" broke the taboo against onstage romantic love between African-American characters.</p><p>One of only three songs written specifically for the show "I'm Just Wild about Harry" was originally composed by Blake as a Viennese waltz but "Lottie Gee the veteran performer who introduced it said for her to make it work it would have to be an up-temp one step. 'That cut me to the quick' Blake remembered. 'She was going to destroy my beautiful melody. I loved that waltz. Then Sissle went along with her… 'All right' I said 'we'll make it a one step'" <i>America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley</i> Furia and Lasser. Blake's handwritten notes on our manuscript's cover indicates that he still preferred a waltz tempo for his most famous song nearly 40 years after its debut. </p><p>The popularity of "I'm Just Wild about Harry" was revived in 1948 when President Harry S Truman used it during his reelection campaign. Detractors joked "I'm just mild about Harry." In recognition of its use Blake sent a manuscript excerpt of the song to Truman in 1967 erroneously reported on the internet as the original manuscript with a letter that stated "The interesting thing about 'Harry' was that it actually was written as an election song in the show whose plot was almost a parallel occurrence to the 1948 Presidential Campaign. The story was about the race for Mayor in a small Southern town. Our hero Harry Walton was the underdog in his race just as you were in the Election of 1948. Although we did not have a <u>Chicago Tribune</u>telling the people that his rival had been elected it first appeared that one of the candidates opposing Harry in our Race had won." </p><p>Among Blake's papers at the Maryland Historical Society are manuscripts of the song including one from 1959. However ours differs in both scoring and lyrics. Although Blake agreed to write out quotations from his best-known work this is the only full manuscript version of the song ever to be offered for sale. It belonged to Jazz musician Jim Hession Blake's friend and protégé. </p><p>Some scattered staining and wear with reinforced file holes in the left margin. In very good condition. One of America's most popular and enduring melodies with a long and fascinating history.</p> books
196926568n.p.: Columbia C2S 847. 1969. Phonograph Record. Inscribed by Eubie Blake in upper left corner of front cover; strong signature in thin black marker. Vinyl is E fine liners very good with rubbing.; 12" Vinyl LP . Columbia C2S 847 unknown books
4115The document amends an agreement regarding publication of a biography of Blake by Al Rose and Schirmer Books a division of Macmillan. The first change states that "The publisher shall copyright the Work in the names of Al Rose and Eubie Blake." The second change denotes payments of royalties. Blake is the last to sign above his typed name "Eubie Blake." Jazz historian Al Rose signs just above. Schirmer pulbished "Eubie Blake" in November 1979. With long time collaborator Noble Sissle Blake wrote the Broadway musical "Shuffle Along" in 1921 one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. Blake's compositions included such hits as "Bandana Days" "Charleston Rag" "Love Will Find A Way" "Memories of You" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry". The musical "Eubie" which featured the collected works of Eubie Blake opened on Broadway in 1978. unknown books
4450The score for the musical about Blake's life and music includes 15 songs and measures 11 3/4 x 9 inches. On the biographical page page 4 Blake signed on the upper margin in black pen ".Eubie Blake." Blake was a critical figure in African American music in the 20th century. unknown books
4265In 1921 Blake and longtime collaborator Noble Sissle wrote the Broadway musical "Shuffle Along" one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. Blake signs in blue ink on the cover "Eubie Blake " above the composers' names. The first pages of the music pages three and four have become detached otherwise in good condition; remnants of small label on verso upper right corner. unknown books
193613851936. BLAKE Eugene H. TANGLED TRAILS: A PLAY OF SOUTHERN INDIAN DAYS. Columbia SC: The State Company 1936. 8vo. blue printed wraps; 73 pages. First Edition. A drama based principally on the life and customs of the early Cherokees. Signed presentation from Blake on the front endpaper: "To Louise Hodges Merry-Toes from Eugene Blake." Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight. $85.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
1972121507Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press 1972. Hardcover. 292p. ex library with the usual sins. Includes a very useful annotated bibliography. The Scarecrow Press hardcover books
1948WRCLIT78449New York: William Morrow Co. 1948. Cloth. Very good or better in lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a short closed tear at the bottom edge of the front panel and a few smaller nicks. First edition of the author's first novel. It is also the first novel accepted for publication from Alan Swallow's Denver Writer's Workshop. Reprinted in 1982 by UNM Press in its Zia Book series. William Morrow Co. hardcover books
1935RBLARID00fpCharles Scribner's Sons 1935. Good. Blake Forrester. Riding the Mustang Trail. New York NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. 1st edition. 261pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Tan cloth with brown rules and gilt lettering. Book condition: Good. Edges rubbed with small losses on both ends of spine. Spine and parts of both covers faded. Soiling on covers. Flaps of dust jacket pasted on front free end sheet. Bookplate of former owner on front paste down. Front hinge cracked but holding. Pages lightly toned. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1812WRCAM44679Worcester: Isaac Sturtevant 1812. 36pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Contemporary gift inscription on the titlepage. Some foxing tanning and staining. Good. Fourth of July oration given just a few weeks after the outbreak of the War of 1812 often called the "second war of American independence." Blake makes the expected comparisons between the past conflict and the one that was then unfolding. SABIN 5767. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 24887. Isaac Sturtevant hardcover books
1789545361789. London 1789. First edition. London 1789. First edition. Essays Calling for the Abolition of Tithes Reduction of the Public Debt and Other Matters Blake Francis Sir 1738-1818. Political Tracts: Consisting of I. A Proposal for the Liquidation of the National Debt; An Explanation of the Proposal; An Appendix Containing a Narrative of Proceedings Thereon at Various Public Meetings; II. The Efficacy of a Sinking Fund of One Million Per Annum; the Propriety of an Actual Payment of the Public Debt; The True Policy of Great Britain; The Conclusion; III. The Abolition of Tithes and the Reform of the Church Revenue; The Doctrine of Prescription Considered; a Narrative of Proceeding at a County Meeting Held at Morpeth December 22 1784 Respecting the Payment of Tithes; A Letter to the Freeholders of the County of Northumberland On the Same Subject; The Conclusion. London: Printed for J. Debrett 1789. iv 13 14-355 1 pp. Includes one-page publisher list. Octavo 8" x 5". Original paper boards hand-lettered title to spine untrimmed edges. Light soiling moderate edgewear spine heavily abraded front board detached. Toning and light foxing to text. Gift inscription from the author's son Francis Blake Jr. dated 1876 to front free endpaper interior otherwise clean. $450. First edition. Blake a member of Lincoln's Inn was a political reformer who called for the abolition of tithes and later repeal of the Corn Laws. Political Tracts collects his principal essays which were composed between 1786 and 1787. This title was re-issued the following year with some additions and a somewhat different collation but with the same publication date on the title page. Francis Blake Jr. was a notable inventor and photographer. OCLC locates 5 copies all of the later 1789 edition. English Short-Title Catalogue N39972. unknown books
1884680Worcester Mass.: Franklin P. Rice 1884. 8vo. 2 33 1 blank pp. <br><br>Issued in cojunction with the city's bicentennial celebration. Original printed wrappers. Franklin P. Rice unknown books
18124130Worcester M.A.: Pr. by Isaac Sturtevant 1812. 8vo. 34 pp. <br><br>Published at the request of a numerous assembly of citizens from various parts of the county and the members of the Washington Benevolent Society who joined in the celebration" as stated on the title-page. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 5767; Shaw & Shoemaker 24887. Removed from a nonce volume. Front page and final two pages soiled. Five-digit number rubber stamped on title-page. Upper half of final leaf torn away. One long tear without loss of text to penultimate leaf. Pr. by Isaac Sturtevant unknown books
179565786Boston MA: Printed and sold by Benjamin Edes 1795. First edition. 8vo. 28 pp. Wanting the half-title. Ownership signature "Sam Dana's 1795" at head of title page; Samuel Dana 1767-1835 Boston lawyer politician and judge served in many local offices and in the U.S. House of Representatives 1814-1815. Sabin 5770. Evans 28307. Original self-wrappers stitched. Scattered foxing else very good. <br/><br/> Printed and sold by Benjamin Edes unknown books
1795WRCAM35078Boston 1795. 28pp. Half title. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Ink ownership inscription on half title. Tear in outer lower corner of fifth leaf not affecting text. Good. An exuberant Independence Day address delivered at Boston's Faneuil Hall. EVANS 28307. unknown books
197215441Calgary AB: Micky Hades Enterprises 1972. Softcover. Good. 8.5 x 11 inches 47 pp. Moderate cover wear annotations on table of contents and margins of two pages. Text otherwise clean binding sound. Effects and routines "that can be presented from a stage or platform card effects that will hold and audience card effects wherein the entire audience can be aware of what is happening" as well as four close-up routines and "Rusduck's problem solved and simplified in two further methods." Micky Hades Enterprises paperback books
154296hardcover. many color and b/w illus. 4to cloth. Glasgow: Collins 1960. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
19511318035London: William Hodge and Company 1951. Hardcover. Octavo; G/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; Spine red with gold print; DJ spine missing front and rear of DJ are detached from each other peripheral tanning tears to front top edge and to flap corners creasing shelfwear; Boards in red cloth with gold print mild wear to corners and spine caps; Text block has remainder of torn away label on front flyleaf slight age-toning to paper; xiii 278 pages illustrated b&w plates. 1318035. FP New Rockville Stock. William Hodge and Company hardcover books
194992923New York: New Century Publishers 1949. 23p. stapled wraps 5x7.25 inches wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Pseudonym of George Blake Charney. Seidman B303. New Century Publishers unknown books
1960Embry 124985Lloyd's Register of Shipping N.d. circa 1960. First edition first printing. Very slight sunning to front panel still fine. B&W illustrations. Tan cloth no dust jacket. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, N.d. circa 1960. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
196811156Durham England: University of Durham 1968. Paperback. Near Fine. 34p. Original wrapper. 24cm. Research Paper Series No.9 1968. Dept. of Geography. <br/><br/> University of Durham paperback books
