SIGNED & INSCRIBED- “We’ll have a good time then!” -BY HARRY CHAPIN
Looking... Seeing
poems and song lyrics by Harry Chapin
drawings by Rob White
Published by Story Songs Ltd., Conn. 1975. Stated First Edition. Signed & Inscribed by HARRY CHAPIN on ffep. The inscription reads “We’ll have a good time then!”, the memorable lyric from his most beloved song Cats in the Cradle. Very good trade paperback. Tight binding, solid spine, foxing to cover, endpapers and light foxing to tops of pages. Illustrated, square octavo, includes the lyrics to Taxi. An amazing piece of music history for any fan of Harry Chapin’s incredible and emotional music, wonderfully complimented by the surreal and imaginative illustrations of Chapin’s long time friend and manager artist Rob White.
Harry Chapin (1942 – 1981) was an American singer-songwriter and philanthropist best known for his folk songs such as “Taxi” and “Cats in the Cradle.” He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s and became one of the most popular artists and highest-paid performers. He was also a dedicated humanitarian and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously in 1987. Less than a month after his Walsh concert, Harry Chapin was tragically killed at an early age on July 16, 1981, in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway, he was only 38 years old.
Chapin recorded a total of 11 albums from 1972 until his death in 1981. All 14 singles that he released became hits on at least one national music chart. Chapin's best-known songs include "Taxi" and "Cat's in the Cradle."
Rob White was an artist and landscape architect. He studied landscape architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, graduating in 1967, and was working in that field a few years later in Ohio when he was contacted by a college friend, singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. It seemed Mr. White and Mr. Chapin both had sung in a Cornell a cappella group, the Sherwoods, and folk singer wanted to know if Mr. White wanted to join him on the road. He did, and for the next few years he served as Harry Chapin’s sound man and road manager. Most notable, however, was Mr. White’s role as Mr. Chapin’s illustrator, as he supplied all the drawings for Mr. Chapin’s 1975 book, “Looking…Seeing — Poems and Lyrics by Harry Chapin.”
Loc: B5
SIGNED & INSCRIBED- “We’ll have a good time then!” -BY HARRY CHAPIN
Looking... Seeing
poems and song lyrics by Harry Chapin
drawings by Rob White
Published by Story Songs Ltd., Conn. 1975. Stated First Edition. Signed & Inscribed by HARRY CHAPIN on ffep. The inscription reads “We’ll have a good time then!”, the memorable lyric from his most beloved song Cats in the Cradle. Very good trade paperback. Tight binding, solid spine, foxing to cover, endpapers and light foxing to tops of pages. Illustrated, square octavo, includes the lyrics to Taxi. An amazing piece of music history for any fan of Harry Chapin’s incredible and emotional music, wonderfully complimented by the surreal and imaginative illustrations of Chapin’s long time friend and manager artist Rob White.
Harry Chapin (1942 – 1981) was an American singer-songwriter and philanthropist best known for his folk songs such as “Taxi” and “Cats in the Cradle.” He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s and became one of the most popular artists and highest-paid performers. He was also a dedicated humanitarian and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously in 1987. Less than a month after his Walsh concert, Harry Chapin was tragically killed at an early age on July 16, 1981, in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway, he was only 38 years old.
Chapin recorded a total of 11 albums from 1972 until his death in 1981. All 14 singles that he released became hits on at least one national music chart. Chapin's best-known songs include "Taxi" and "Cat's in the Cradle."
Rob White was an artist and landscape architect. He studied landscape architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, graduating in 1967, and was working in that field a few years later in Ohio when he was contacted by a college friend, singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. It seemed Mr. White and Mr. Chapin both had sung in a Cornell a cappella group, the Sherwoods, and folk singer wanted to know if Mr. White wanted to join him on the road. He did, and for the next few years he served as Harry Chapin’s sound man and road manager. Most notable, however, was Mr. White’s role as Mr. Chapin’s illustrator, as he supplied all the drawings for Mr. Chapin’s 1975 book, “Looking…Seeing — Poems and Lyrics by Harry Chapin.”
Loc: B5
