Gordon, Taylor. Born To Be. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. Color frontispiece and half-tone illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. 8vo, cloth; dust jacket, slightly tanned, small chip at top of spine panel. New York, 1929 E250-350 First Edition. The

Gordon, Taylor. Born To Be. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. Color frontispiece and half-tone illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. 8vo, cloth; dust jacket, slightly tanned, small chip at top of spine panel. New York, 1929 E250-350 First Edition. The autobiography of one of the leading spiritual singers of the 1920s. his life from Pullman-car porter to international singing star.