“To Bird With Love”, Francis Paudras

This is Francis Paudras’ rare homage to Charlie Parker, “To Bird With Love”, published in France by Editions Wizlov, Poitiers, France, 1981. A scarce and definitive graphic study of Charlie Parker, which relies extensively on photographs, posters, contracts, previously unpublished personal correspondence and other ephemera, from the collections of co-authors Francis Paudras and Chan Parker, Bird's widow. The book is generally considered to have been published in a single edition of 1000 copies, but several Parker experts have suggested that the likely publication run was about half that number. Minimal text in English, translated into French by Paudras, a gifted graphic artist who designed the book and the illustrated two-piece 'parcel' presentation box in which the book is housed. Fine, tight, unmarked, the book appears unread, in maroon laminated covers, a (rare) unbroken spine, with white printed label on the top cover, in the scarce, pictorial card presentation box, which simulates a package addressed to Bird. Notoriously fragile, the box top and bottom each have two neatly repaired corner splits; small areas of wear at the box corners and along the seam edges. 10 ½” x 15", 414 pages, in superb condition. WE DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL. Please do not bid unless you are comfortable providing credit card information directly. The "Blue Note Records" book - "A Guide for Identifying Original Pressings" is now available on eBay.

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