Item #21932 I Bow to the Stones Memories of a New York Childhood. Jimmy Savo.

I Bow to the Stones Memories of a New York Childhood

New York: Howard Frisch, 1963. F. 144 pages; with a friendly inscription given in the year of publication on the front endpaper by the publisher, Howard Frisch; black and white drawings by Victor J. Dowling and with illustrations from the career of Jimmy Savo (1895 - 1960) American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist; introduction by George Freedley; the text closes with a poem on Savo by e.e. cummings; (from the jacket): "...What may surprise is the artistry with which he revives a New York in which goats still wandered on the streets, and young boys banded together in now-forgotten street games...a classic of modern New York in the making..."; some wear and rubbing to dustjacket; in very good condition. Item #21932

Price: $45.00

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