New York; London: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1927. 8vo. Dust Jacket. Minor of shelf wear. Very Good. Price printed on dust jacket flap: $3.00 New York; London: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1927. unknown
<p><strong>~~PERSONAL INSCRIPTIONS BY JOHN JACOB NILES 1965 AND BY HIS WIFE RENA NILES 1991 BOTH TO MIRIAM WOOLFOLK KENTUCKY ARTIST AND POET~~</strong></p><p><strong>Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press Stated 1st Printing 1961. Hardcover with green boards. </strong>Dust jacket flaps have been removed and taped to ffep verso; folded poster for a John Jacob Niles Benefit Concert at the University of Kentucky Art Museum has been affixed to the ffep recto; photo from front of dust jacket has been cut out and affixed to the half-title page recto. There is light wear to the corners of the boards also to head and foot of spine. Square and solidly bound. Text pages are clean and unmarked.</p><p><strong>Woolfolk's collection of ephemera related to John Jacob Niles and Rena Niles is laid in:</strong> The Cherry Tree Niles No. 23 glossy single sheet of music; "John Jacob Niles a 'True Artist' Composer and Singer Dies at 87" Lexington Herald-Leader March 2 1980; funeral card for John Jacob Niles signed by Rena Niles in addressed mailing envelope; photocopy of Rena Niles' obituary and newspaper article about her death both from the Lexington Herald-Leader June 30 1996; flyer for 1973 concert in honor of Niles on his 81st birthday; photo from The Louisville Times December 24 1976; leaflet entitled "John Jacob Niles: Original Compositions Folk-Song Adaptations and Arrangements" published by G. Schirmer of New York undated; "His Music Found Her Voice" Tom Eblen Lexington Herald-Leader with Woolfolk's handwritten margin notes April 22 2012; "John Jacob Niles to Get Honorary Degree from U of L" The Lexington Leader May 6 1971; "John Jacob Niles Sings Friday" The Kentucky Kernel University of Kentucky September 23 1965; "Niles Honored" undated newspaper clipping; "For Russian-born Rena Niles tour blends past and present" Rena Niles Lexington Herald-Leader March 13 1983; "John Jacob Niles: A Song from the Heart" Beaux Arts: A Regional Arts Quarterly Summer 1981.</p><p><strong>ABOUT JOHN JACOB NILES: </strong> <em>A legend in the folk music community John Jacob Niles 1892 - 1980 enjoyed a lengthy career as a balladeer folk collector and songwriter. Ever close to his Kentucky roots he spent much of his adulthood searching for the most well-loved songs of the southern Appalachia. The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles brings together a wealth of songs with the stories that inspired them arranged by a gifted performer.</em></p> Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press hardcover
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