Name Dropping. Tales From My Barbary Coast Saloon

Book Description

New York: HarperCollins West, 1994. Hardback First edition 8.25" x 5.5". 212pp. Gray paper covered boards and cloth, in dust wrapper. Spine a bit cocked, cigarette burn on the front endpapers, else VG+ condition; near fine jacket. This copy signed and inscribed by the author to jazz musician Artie Shaw: "For mi amigo de siempre, rturo, con un abrazo de Bernabé, Oct. 1994." Conrad was an author and operated the El Matador nightclub in San Francisco. He was a longtime friend of Shaw's; this volume features a seven page reminiscence about the legendary bandleader. Shaw has written a short comment in pencil on the last page of text of this interesting book.

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