Rutling (Thomas) "Tom" An Autobiography With Revised Negro Melodies, FIRST EDITION, 'Copyright' penned onto title-page, 'Presentation Copy' inscribed to front endpaper, frontispiece, 24 pages of text, followed by 40 pages of printed music, a loose plate of the 'Fisk University Choir (Jubilee Singers) frayed at edges, original black stamped green cloth, slightly worn at head and tail of spine, text loose in binding, 8vo., Bradford: Wm. Byles & Sons Ltd. Printers, Piccadilly, [1909] *** Thomas Rutling as an original member of the Fisk University Choir, that toured England. He decided to stay when the choir returned to America