The Blue Book of Tin Pan Alley: A Human Interest Encyclopedia of American Popular Music, Vols. 1 and 2

Watkins Glen, New York: Century House, 1962. Hardbound. Clean and tight but with ex-lib. marking, including pockets. Blue cloth with gold lettering (vol. 1 is much darker blue than vol. 2); 528 pp. total with occasional bw photographs. A reprint of the 1950 original; with an index of lyricists and composers, the two volumes together cover the timespan of 1776 to 1950. A very in-depth and informative study of the history of Tin Pan Alley. (Inventory #: 112123) (truncated)