Sale 15BP01 | Lot 253

HOLIDAY, BILLIE Lady Sings the Blues

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs
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HOLIDAY, BILLIE Lady Sings the Blues

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Lot 253
HOLIDAY, BILLIE Lady Sings the Blues. New York: Doubleday, 1956. Stated first edition, inscribed by Holiday To Sue/Stay Hap...
. New York: Doubleday, 1956. Stated first edition, inscribed by Holiday "To Sue/Stay Happy/Always/Billie Holiday." Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (21.5 x 14 cm); 250 pp. Jacket worn at spine tips and corners and with old tape stains to verso, the volumes shaken and with small stains to upper cover, the front hinge loose, spine tips rubbed, accompanied by a recent letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
Inscribed copies of Holiday's memoirs are rare, as she died in 1959 at just 44 years old.

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Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for $2,375 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for $2,375 (includes buyer's premium)
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Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs

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