Sportin' House / [__SIGNED__EXTRA__ILLUSTRATED__] / New Orleans And The Jazz Story / A History Of New Orleans Sinners And The Birth Of Jazz

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___A unique, extra-illustrated format of this history of the evolution of Jazz in the brothels and bars of New Orleans. _____ On a tipped in leaf is the author/artist's manuscript note that "This copy / contains / original / water colors / by the / Author / [signed] Stephen Longstreet / April 8, 1977." . _____ These unique works are for the most part considerably racier than those printed in the book. _____ They are on different weight paper than the printed text and are either tipped in or mounted to blank pages._____ There are 9 such full page original works facing various page locations, and are titled and initialed in manuscript by Longstreet: "Hotel lobby worker" (p.iii), "Ragtime" (p.v), "The buyer" (p.vi), "Welcome to our house" (p.ix), "Pickup" (p.5), "Disarming" (p.8), ""Spanish"" (p.12), "Disrobing" (p.20) and "Steady Client" (p.32)._____ Several of these are considerably more bawdy than those the publisher saw fit to print. _____ In addition, Longstreet has done eight original watercolors directly on other blank or partially printed pages._____ These are: the verso of the front free endpaper, the half title, the "Other Books by" page, the title page, the copyright page, contents page and pages (xi) and 3. _____ The jacket has a couple of 1/2" tears to the front panel. _____. N° de ref. del artículo 22179

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