BAKER, DOROTHY. Young Man With a Horn. 8vo, publisher's brown-stamped tan cloth, trace of shelfwear to spine tips; dust jacket, light rubbing to folds; internally clean with no markings. first edition of the author's first novel. Based on the life of Davenport, Iowa native and jazz music legend Bix Beiderbecke. Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall starred in the 1950 film adaptation directed by Michael Curtiz. Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1938