A song in his heart; the life and time of James A. Bland, introduction by Harry F. Byrd, Senator from Virginia, illustrated by Marian L. Larer
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1951. Hardcover. ix, 102p., illustrated with line drawings and sheet music, 8.5x11 inches, previous owner's inscription, first edition, dust jacket soiled, worn and badly chipped. Biography of the African American composer, very popular in Europe as well as in the US, somehow dying penniless in America. There was a fall from grace unexplained in this text.
Cat.No: 70683
Price: $30.00
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