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Our Huckleberry Friend: The Life, Times and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
by Bach, Bob,Mercer, Ginger,Mercer, Johnny
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0818403314
- ISBN 13
- 9780818403316
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Lyle Stuart, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (tall). Sunning and fading to jacket spine and spine edges; slight rubbing to jacket (chiefly at edges); previous owner's printed paper label on blank following title page; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. 252 pages. Full-scale pictorial and biographical study of the American composer/lyricist; includes tributes from Irving Berlin and Carl Rowan, plus a listing of Mercer's published songs and motion picture contributions. 'First edition' (title page verso). Signed and inscribed by co-editor Ginger Mercer (the composer's widow) in black marker on front free endpaper: 'May '83 / Dear Grace / I hope you enjoy this -- / With much love, / 'Ginger' '.Over 100 b/w Illustrations (including Portrait photographs).
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L078131
- Title
- Our Huckleberry Friend: The Life, Times and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
- Author
- Bach, Bob,Mercer, Ginger,Mercer, Johnny
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0818403314
- ISBN 13
- 9780818403316
- Publisher
- Lyle Stuart
- Place of Publication
- Secaucus, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Mercer, Johnny United States 20th Century Composer Librettist Popular Song Lyric Biography Criticism Interpretation Signed QX91 KHN09, , , , , , ,
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