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sheet_music. Condition: Good. Santly Bros., Inc., New York. Published date: 1932. Sheet music, voice and piano; illustrated paper covers; 1 score (5 pp, including front cover); 31 cm. Includes ukulele chord diagrams and chord symbols; includes banjulele or banjo tuning indicated. Fox-trot. Successfully featured by Leo Reisman and his Victor Recording Orchestra. In good condition. Paper covers have a 3/4" tear along the bottom edge of the front cover and a few additional smaller nicks and tears along the edges. Light overall age toning, scattered light soiling, and mild edge wear, with a 1.5" semi-circular stain along the lower edge of the front cover. Previous owner's name in ink at the top edge of the front cover. Interior pages lightly age toned with a few small stains along the lower edge; otherwise unmarked. Pictorial front cover features a stylized nocturnal garden scene with classical pavilion and stars, alongside a photographic portrait of bandleader Leo Reisman. The song was widely recorded and performed in the early 1930s and is associated with the dance orchestra era. The cover illustration is signed at the lower left and is attributable to Sydney Leff, a prolific commercial illustrator active in American sheet music design during the late 1920s and early 1930s, who produced numerous covers for Santly Bros. and other Tin Pan Alley publishers. Includes publisher advertising pages with excerpts of other Santly Bros. songs.