ARMSTRONG LOUIS: (1901-1971)

ARMSTRONG LOUIS: (1901-1971) American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. A printed folio edition of the French publication America, Number 5, being a special edition entitled Jazz 47, with essays by Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Cocteau, Charles Delaunay and others, and illustrations by Fernand Leger, Jean Dubuffet, Rene Magritte etc., signed by Armstrong in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a full-photo page, the image depicting the young Satchmo in a head and shoulders pose, also signed to the title page by various members of Armstrong's 'All Stars' including Arvell Shaw (1923-2002) American jazz double-bassist, Velma Middleton (1917-1961) American jazz vocalist, Trummy Young (1912-1984) American trombonist, Bob McCracken (1904-1972) American jazz clarinettist, Marty Napoleon (1921-2015) American jazz pianist, and one other. Binding loose and with a few detached pages, overall age wear, light staining, creasing and some pages with small tears to the edges. G