THE LIFE AND THOUGHTS OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG

A Self Portrait

1971

“Special” Limited Edition/ Number 6 of 100 copies

By: Richard Meryman

Eakins Press [New York]

7 x 7 inches (59 pages, illustrated with photographs, slipcased)

Hardcover (without Dust Jacket) [Pale blue cloth]

Item Number: 12747

$850.00

Description

Eakins Press’s gorgeous re-rendering of Richard Meryman’s famous 1966 interview with Armstrong for Time Magazine. This is the “Special” limited edition, number 6 of 100 copies, with a hand-pulled gravure print of the legendary 1935 Anton Bruehl photograph of Armstong laid-into a specially designed pocket page at the front of the book, which is beautifully slipcased. A prize.