Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
By International Autograph Auctions
Contact auction house
Mar 15, 2023
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
Terms of sale
View demo
The auction has ended
|
LOT 716:
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: €200
Start price:
€
200
Estimated price :
€200 - €300
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
|
ARMSTRONG LOUIS: (1901-1971) American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. A printed folio edition of the French publication America, Number 5, being a special edition entitled Jazz 47, with essays by Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Cocteau, Charles Delaunay and others, and illustrations by Fernand Leger, Jean Dubuffet, Rene Magritte etc., signed by Armstrong in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a full-photo page, the image depicting the young Satchmo in a head and shoulders pose, also signed to the title page by various members of Armstrong's 'All Stars' including Arvell Shaw (1923-2002) American jazz double-bassist, Velma Middleton (1917-1961) American jazz vocalist, Trummy Young (1912-1984) American trombonist, Bob McCracken (1904-1972) American jazz clarinettist, Marty Napoleon (1921-2015) American jazz pianist, and one other. Binding loose and with a few detached pages, overall age wear, light staining, creasing and some pages with small tears to the edges. G
