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Oh, Didn't He Ramble, the life story of Lee Collins -- owned by Little Brother Montgomery
by Collins, Lee; as told to Mary Collins, edited by Frank J. Gillis & John W. Miner
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Small quarto, cloth in dust jacket, book very good, jacket good with some shelfwear and light chipping. Inscribed on half title by a Chester C. Davis to Eurreal Wilford "Little Brother" Montgomery (a jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist; April 18, 1906 - September 6, 1985), and with bookplate of Jan Montgomery on flyleaf. Montgomery is mentioned four times in the text: he was part of a combo with Collins in Chicago in the late 1930s and again in 1947. Excellent association copy.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H16385
- Title
- Oh, Didn't He Ramble, the life story of Lee Collins -- owned by Little Brother Montgomery
- Author
- Collins, Lee; as told to Mary Collins, edited by Frank J. Gillis & John W. Miner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana
- Date Published
- 1974
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