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1868134590Providence: George H. Whitney 1868. Limited to 200 copies unnumbered. Hardcover. Reading copy. Ex-library covers and spine separated but present. Pages loose up to 19 and last endpapers rest held by binding edges fragile and chipping up to p. 43 minor elsewhere. Teal library portolio and slipcase Green cloth boards embossed border gold title on spine. 297 pp. A history of the theatre in Providence Rhode Island from 1745 to 1860. George H. Whitney hardcover books
193415710London: School / Rolls House Publishing 1934. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Periodical. Wide 8vo. 38 pp. A clean very good copy of the January 1934 issue of this literary periodical edited by Christopher Blake. Includes contributions by Amy Drucker M. C. Quinn Alfred Wolmark Bernard Shaw and others. <br/><br/> School / Rolls House Publishing paperback books
196059801London:: Cleaver-Hume Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Eleven black and white plates. First edition. Very good in a very good edge worn and age toned dust jacket. ; 130 pages . Cleaver-Hume Press, hardcover books
196062235London: Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 130 p. Eleven plates. "This life of Admiral Sir Charles Elliot nephew of the first Earl of Minto is chiefly interesting as showing the kind of man who carried out British policy when the Empire was approaching its Victorian heyday. Crown quarto. Original blue cloth binding with light blue and gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is a bit browned along the spine and folds; else near fine. <br/><br/> Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd hardcover books
32639Printed broadside 5" x 8" with salutation in ink manuscript. Some margin browning and light margin chipping else Very Good.<br/><br/> Blake was Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Waupun. Beneath his printed signature is written in ink "Pastor Cong. Ch". Professor Conatty was T.J. Conatty a public school teacher in Kenosha and a prominent figure in the Wisconsin Teachers' Association. He was later implicated in a bribery scheme with James Rood Doolittle Senator from Wisconsin 1857-1869. On Conatty's behalf Doolittle was to use his influence with President Lincoln to obtain cotton permits during General Banks's occupation of New Orleans; in return Doolittle would receive 25% of the profits. We haven't ascertained whether Senator Doolittle is the "Br. Doolittle" to whom this printed letter is addressed. <br/> This unusual ephemeral Civil War broadside is unrecorded. Waupun is in southeastern Wisconsin about sixty miles northwest of Milwaukee.<br/>Not located on OCLC as of October 2020 or anywhere else. unknown books
WELLER9780756407599New. New book. unknown books
1874153520New York: Harper 1874. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Large folding map laid in; many illustrations. 486pp. 6pp. of ads. 8vo original decorative blue cloth; spine ends repaired previous owner's notations on first blank page. New York: Harper 1874. Very good.<br/><br/> Harper unknown books
1937154353Detroit: Civil Rights Federation 1937. Pamphlet. 10p. stapled wraps second edition wraps lightly worn date penned on front wrap else very good condition. Blake was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Speech supporting labor's rights during the auto strikes. Civil Rights Federation unknown books
189829284London 1898. unknown books
19052666361905. unbound. 2.5 x 4.25-inch heavy stock card signed: "Faithfully Yours Edward Blake." No place no date circa 1905. Near fine condition.<br/><br/> Canadian politician and second Premier of Ontario Canada from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887.<br/><br/> unknown books
192486589New Haven: Yale University Press 1924. 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. 50p. Softcover dj pasted down along backstrip over plain card covers. 19cm. Jacket splitting a little along bottom of front fold. INSCRIBED "'Juvenalia' to dear Teacher with love and please - criticism for your loyal pupil E. J. B.". The Yale Series of Younger Poets. <br/><br/> Yale University Press paperback books
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
20052-0752225693Boxtree 2005. Paperback. New. 160 pages. 9.45x7.40x0.55 inches. Boxtree paperback
20022-075226205XChannel 4 Books 2002. Hardcover. New. 160 pages. 9.61x7.40x0.55 inches. Channel 4 Books hardcover
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
