SIGNED by DON GEORGE - DUKE ELLINGTON BIO - SWEET MAN - 1st ed (1981) RARE in DJ

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(Jazz / Duke Ellington) George, Don. SWEET MAN: THE REAL DUKE ELLGINGTON. Illustrated with black and white photographs. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
First edition
. Octavo.
SIGNED by DON GEORGE
and warmly inscribed by George on the front flyleaf.
SCARCE SIGNED FIRST edition of this first-hand biography of the pianist and bandleader based on the author's 30 year association with Ellington (George was Ellington's collaborator on several songs, including "Hit Me With a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
. Bound in the publisher's black cloth covered boards. Contents clean and bright. Boards square and tight.
In the dust jacket
, which is just lightly rubbed.
SCARCE SIGNED JAZZ!
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