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470 ● (MUSIC.) HANDY, W. C., compiler and editor. Unsung Americans Sung.
Frontispice of the author/composer and printed music. Small 4to, original gilt-stamped
blue leatherette; spine lightly worn at head and heel. New York, 1944 [1,000/1,500]
A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO LANGSTON HUGHES” To my good friend
Langston Hughes who is the first to review this book.” Hughes’ poems set to music appear on
pages 188-192.
471 ● (MUSIC—HARLEM.) APOLLO THEATRE. Group of promotional photos
and telegrams for Dolphus Young’s opening at the Apollo Theatre. Four 8 x 10
photographs by Doc Anderson, the Apollo’s photographer, one 3 x 5 print and 5 telegrams
from family and friends. New York, 1956 [400/600]
The Apollo Theatre’s “Amateur Night” has been the traditional “launching pad” for so many
young artists over its more than half-century history that it is almost impossible to give a list of
the artists who began there. These photographs of singer Dolphus Prince were taken by the
house photographer Gordon “Doc” Anderson for the purpose of promotion and for larger
images for the lobby.
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