Papers of a Massachusetts rare book dealer [manuscript] 1944-55.

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Papers of a Massachusetts rare book dealer [manuscript] 1944-55.

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The collection contains correspondence with collectors, librarians, and other dealers, catalog entries, clippings the ms. of a song "The bookseller's blues," and copies of his book list "Phantom firsts: ventures in unrecorded bibliography." There is some correspondence with literary editors to whom Neiburg submitted manuscripts. Correspondents include Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin, Frank Gruber, William Surrey Hart, John S. Van E. Kohn, Kenneth Lewis Roberts, and Harold Jacob Rome.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983

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Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his brother George Gershwin to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. Born in Brooklyn, the oldest of four children. It was not until 1924 that Ira and George teamed up to write the music for what became their first Broadway hit Lady, Be Good. Some of their more famous works include "The Man I Love", "Fascinating Rhythm", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "I Got Rhythm" and "They Can't Take That A...

Gruber, Frank, 1904-1969

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Kohn, John S. Van E., 1906-1976,

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John S. Van E. Kohn (1906-1976) was born in New York City and graduated from Williams College in 1928. He went on to study at Harvard University, from which he received an M.A. in 1930. Kohn was an antiquarian book dealer at the Argosy Book Store (1931-1935), the Collectors' Bookshop (1935-1943), and the Seven Gables Bookshop (1946-1976). From the description of Papers, 1924-1973. (Williams College). WorldCat record id: 38886146 ...

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969

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< Born Vladimir Alexandrovitch Dukelsky, Parafianove, Minsk 1916 1919 Studied composition with Reinhold Glière and Marian Dombrovsky at the Kiev Conservatory 1920 Fled the Revolution with his family, settling first in Constantinople ...

Neiburg, Jack.

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Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957

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Novelist. From the description of Papers of Kenneth Lewis Roberts, 1919-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063732 American author specializing in the writing of richly detailed historical fiction. From the description of Papers of Kenneth Roberts, 1911-1947. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136005 American novelist, born Kennebunk, Maine, 1887. Staff correspondent for the Saturday evening post, 1919-; author of many historical novels ...

Hart, William S. (William Surrey), 1864-1946

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Stage and motion picture actor, film director, author. Best known for his roles in western films. From the description of Papers, ca. 1889-1947. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 18438931 Actor, movie cowboy 1914-1925, author. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1930-1939]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 15025720 ...

Rome, Harold Jacob, 1903-

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