The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

[ARTISTIC WHISTLING]. Scrapbook of Chicago whistler Grace Frances Bigelow. V.p., bulk 1888. Small 4to half leather and buckram scrapbook (8 ¼ x 6 ½”) filled with dozens of clippings and programs for an “artistic whistler,” Miss Grace Frances Bigelow. Many from Chicago, and nearly all from 1888. Includes programs for recitals, associated with schools, universities, music clubs, societies, and others; and clippings describing Bigelow along with other performers from newspapers (Chicago Herald, Journal, Mail, Inter-Ocean, Times, Freeport (Ill.) Journal, Syracuse Standard, etc.). Signed and dated by Bigelow on the first page. Some clippings, where annotated in ink, missing or detached and laid in; otherwise, very good.