signed first edition
1951 · Paris
by Heuvelmans, Bernard
Paris: Editions de la Main Jetee, 1951. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. 193, [4] pp. Illustrated wraps. Near Fine, slightly rubbed, partly unopened. An important work on jazz. With lengthy and warm presentation inscription by Heuvelmans to Richard Garnett (his bookplate on verso of front wrapper) "ce dernier vestige de ma folle jeunesse [this last vestige of my crazy youth], [signed] Bernard Heuvelmans Paris, Noel '58." Uncommon signed. A book on jazz by a Belgian-French author better known as the Father of Cryptozoology.
(Inventory #: 140939781)