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(MUSIC.) HARRIS, THORO.
Gospel Quintet Songs.
96 unnumbered pages,
containing 230 gospel songs. 8vo, original; pictorial orange wrappers with picture from a
photograph of the Thoro Harris Quintet on the upper cover. Staples slightly rusty, paper
evenly toned, otherwise a fine copy.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, circa 1932
[400/600]
A SPLENDID COPY OF A SCARCE COLLECTION OF GOSPEL SONGS
,
containing printed
music and lyrics. The earliest pieces bear copyright dates as early as 1885, while the latest are
dated 1931. Harris published several collections of gospel music, which included traditional
pieces, his own works, as well as those of other African American gospel writers. OCLC locates
only 3 copies
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(MUSIC—GOSPEL.)
Memphis Gospel Festival ’73.
Large, color poster with
photographic vignette insets, 35 x 20
3
⁄
4
inches; tiny pairs of holes in the corners where sta-
pled to some surface; light wear to the corners, with no loss; light discoloration here and
there.
Memphis, Tennessee, 1973
[1,000/1,500]
A SPECTACULAR PICTORIAL COLOR POSTER
,
FEATURING SOME OF THE TOP GOSPEL
GROUPS OF THE
1970’
S
Headed by the reverend James Cleveland, the King of Gospel, and
his choir, and featuring Inez Andrews, The Swan Silvertones, The Soul Stirrers, The Steptor
Four Singers, the Stars of Faith, The Violinaires, the Little Tabernacle Choir, hosted by
Brother Ford Nelson of WDIA Radio.
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(MUSIC.) HANDY, W. C.
Father of the Blues.
Frontispiece of the
author/composer. Thick 8vo, original cloth in a lightly rubbed dust jacket with some abra-
sion at the joints and lacking a one inch piece of the spine panel at the bottom.
New York, 1944
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION
,
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED
by Handy on the front free end-paper: “To
Walter [?? rather difficult to decipher] Lederberg Esq. ?? 1/16 1946.” Handy lost his
sight due to an accident in 1943 when he fell or was pushed off of a subway plat-
form. As a result, his subsequent handwriting is quite difficult to read.
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