These copies of the 1945 and 1946 Esquire's Jazz Book, published by Smith & Durrell, Inc. were owned by Marjorie Jane Windus during her time she worked in the Chicago Illinois Blue Note Jazz Club, from the 1940s and early 1950s. These books include autographs and messages from many prominent and lesser-known jazz musicians and singers from that time.

This copy of Esquire magazine's 1945 Jazz Book, owned by Marjorie Windus during her time working at The Blue Note Cafe in Chicago, includes autographs and messages to her from jazz musicians and singers such as Dave Brubeck, Lee Wiley, Bobby Hackett, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Luis Armstrong, and many others.

This copy of Esquire magazine's 1946 Jazz Book, owned by Marjorie Windus during her time at The Blue Note Cafe in Chicago, includes autographs and messages to her from jazz musicians and singers such as Wardell Gray, Buddy Lee Franco, Charlie Parker, J.J. Johnson, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, "Chubby" Johnson, Woody Herman, among many others.