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1968 · 18992E — New York: Harcourt Brace 1968. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author singer-actress Pearl Bailey to her son Tony: “To my son Tony whom I love dearly - and who is so much a part of this book. God bless you always and your loved ones. Mama Pearl.†Illustrated. Very good plus bright copy with a bit of use and edge wear in a very good lightly used dust jacket with some fading to the spine and a few small chips and tears. Several photos of Pearl and Tony are in the book. A book of memoirs. Pearl Mae Bailey 1918 – 1990 was an American actress and singer working in vaudeville and on Broadway. Her Broadway debut was in ‘St. Louis Woman’ in 1946 and she went on to win a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of ‘Hello Dolly!’ in 1968. She also enjoyed a successful television career and in 1986 she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special ‘Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.’ Miss Bailey and her husband jazz drummer Louie Bellson adopted a son Tony in the mid-1950s and a girl Dee Dee in the early 1960s. The meeting between Pearl her husband jazz drummer Louie Bellson and the infant boy Tony is loving described: “Sunday we took off for this town to get our fine son. There he was this lovely baby boy nineteen months old in just a diaper - not undershirt no shoes - big wondering eyes staring at Louis and me. He might have been wondering if these two folks would leave him stranded later in this big world. Well Son we’re still around.†When Tony was seven Dee Dee was adopted into the family to everyone’s delight. Harcourt, Brace unknown books