My Husband Jimmie Rodgers (SIGNED)

Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers (Carrie Williamson Rodgers)

Published by Southern Literary Institute, San Antonio, Texas, 1935

About this Item

Page edges are considerably age-browned, but still flexible and easily read. The "good" aqua blue dust jacket is missing bottom inch of spine and is also sun-browned to spine. Small, triple-folded Jimmie Rodgers discography brochure from the Jimmie Rodgers Fan Club, Jim Evans Pres., Lubbock, Texas, also laid in. The authoress has signed "Sincerely, Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers" to the half-title page. By stepping up to the microphone with his guitar, the "Blue Yodeler" -- also known as "The Singing Brakeman" (1897-1933, tuberculosis) -- launched not just modern Country music, but also what became Rock 'n Roll. Later reprints of this title (the first such reprint having been by Ernest Tubb, in Nashville) are relatively common. This 1935 San Antonio hardcover first edition is uncommon. In some years of searching, we have seen only one other copy, in a partial dust jacket and in somewhat damaged condition. Author-signed biography of The Singing Brakeman, the Father of Country Music, by his widow -- signed by her directly to the half-title page, in the original dust jacket. 264 pp., reduced from $12,000.

Seller Inventory # 006129

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Husband Jimmie Rodgers (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Southern Literary Institute, San Antonio, Texas
• Publication Date: 1935
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rare Books
  • Show Biz
  • Music