Really the Blues

First edition; stated first printing. SIGNED by Mezzrow to ffe with a personal inscription [see below].Publisher’s blue cloth with white lettering to front and spine. Lacking dust jacket. Cloth rubbed to edges. Front gutter split with gauze showing. Otherwise a very good copy. *** Autobiography by jazz clarinetist/saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow, co-written with Bernard Wolfe. An exciting, Beat-like account of the jazz scene in the 1930s and 40s. Mezzrow became better known for his drug dealing than his music to such an extent that Mezz became slang for marijuana. *** The inscription reads: ‘For Al Live [?], you asked Deuvette [?] for my book so here “tiz”. From what Deuvette tells me you should really know what this mess is all about.’