The Neil Diamond Songbook
signed first edition
1982 · New York
by DIAMOND, NEIL
New York: Delilah / Putnam, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Signed and inscribed by the author / songwriter Neil Diamond to Jay Morgenstern, general manager of Warner-Chappell publishers: “For Jay - with many warm wishes - a friend, Neil Diamond, 3/’84”. Oversize, 9 1/4 inches by 12 1/4 inches, 375 pages. Illustrated. Near fine slightly handled copy with some minor fading to the cloth at the spine and top edges in a very good or better price-clipped dust jacket with a 1/2” chip to the bottom edge of the front panel and some minor edge wear. A collection of songs grouped chronologically by the great singer-songwriter, musician Neil Diamond, including such classics as Cracklin’ Rosie, Song Sung Blue, Longfellow Serenade, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Sweet Caroline, Cherry, Cherry, Solitary Man, America, Dry Your Eyes, and many more. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. In 2011 he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. (Inventory #: 23195E)