ARLEN, HAROLD and MERCER, JOHNNY
Inscribed sheet music of Blues in the Night. New York: Remick, [1941]. First edition, inscribed and signed by both composer and lyricist "For Peter Howes/Sincerely Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer." Original printed wrapper with reproduced photographs. 12 x 9 inches (31 x 23 cm); 6 pp. Handling creases; Together with Our Huckleberry Friend. The Life, Times and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer, 1982, first edition, inscribed from Ginger Mercer "For Harold/Without whom some of our greatest songs would not have been written-/with much love and admiration! Ginger." Cloth in dust jacket. Minor wear to jacket.

Provenance: A Portion of the Harold Arlen Archives, Property of Mrs. Rita Arlen

Rare signed first edition sheet music for one of the most popular songs by the writing duo Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, whose other hits of the 1940s included "That Old Black Magic", "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", and "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)." These songs are discussed in the volume authored by Mercer's wife Ginger about her husband, and the importance of Arlen's contribution as composer to the Mercers is noted in her fine inscription.