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1927rif. 009657Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday Page and Co. 1927. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Trade Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at dedication page in blue ink -"And now Margaret here's another of those books so gaily planned." CJF" . Tipped in at rear end page is the author's original manuscript in black ink of his recording of the songs Doo Me Ama and The Female Smuggler which is printed in facsimile in the book at page 4 where Finger states at bottom page 3 and top of p. 4 "Such notes as I made were made furtively and as this book aims to set forth things correctly by way of showing how I made my notes in places where blank paper was scarce here is a facsimile." And indeed the music for those two songs was written on the back of a letter 6' x 7 3/4" with ragged edges dated 10 Mars. March '90 1890 presumably sent to Finger by an unknown writer which includes part of the lyrics for the French folksong Les Trois Hussards. Additionally laid in is a publisher's 3 1/4' x 5 1/2' advertising card for the book The Incredible Marquis : Alexander Dumas by Herbert Goodman. In 1889 at age twenty Finger began to travel extensively visiting first Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia. In Chapter One at ps. 15-20 he starts the book with his description of recording these two songs - "Aboard the three-master "The Fairy Queen" .Bill Curzon who was a sailor of the old school sang a song called Doo Me Ama a ballad with a faint Rabelaisian flavour about it ". Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and decorations front cover and spine Near Fine small rubs at corners in a Very Good dust jacket spine sunned small chips at edges. A remarkable Presentation Copy of the First Trade Edition. While Finger is best remembered for his 1925 Newberry Medal Winner "Tales From Silver Lands" his contributions to folklore were also considerable and he numbered Carl Sandburg among his friends and supporters. . Doubleday, Page and Co. Hardcover
1959rif. 008263Sacramento California: Folk Music Society of Sacramento 1959. Journal. Fine as Issued. Stapled Wrappers. First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. RARE. Nineteen separate issues - Vol. 1 Nos. 911; Vol.2 Nos. 2-5 7 11 12; Vol.3 Nos. 2 5-8; Vol. 4 Nos. 1-3 5 6. Spanning the period September 1959 through September 1962. Mimeograph newsletters each one or two pages if two pages then stapled top left. Size 8 1/2" w x 14" h. Fine as Issued. Folk Music Society of Sacramento Paperback
1971rif. 008264Berkeley CA: Arhoolie Records Inc. 1971. Newspaper. Very Good. Newsprint. First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SCARCE. Promotional newspaper from Arhoolie Records Inc. founded by Chris Strachwitz and his business partner Tom Diamant in 1960. one of the iconic early publishers of folk music blues and jazz. 20 pp. with numerous articles on recent and upcoming record publications and other company and music industry news. illustrated with numerous black and white photographs Graphic Design: Wayne Pope. Very Good center fold as issued interior pages uniformly age toned tears bottom edge at corner in margin closed small tear rear cover. Arhoolie Records, Inc. unknown
1963rif. 008266Berkeley CA: Arhoolie Record Inc. 1963. Newspaper. Very Good. Newsprint. First Printing. 14 3/4 ' h X11 1/2" h. RARE. Early publication from the founder of Arhoolie Records. Details Strachwitz's account of his travels across the US in the summer of 1962 in search of blues music and musicians to record in addition to news on recent Arhoolie releases. 8 pp newspaper. Very Good uniformly browned a few small chips 1" horiz. tear at fold edge across all pages center fold as mailed with recipient's name and address Frank A. Hoffmann noted folklorist at Indiana University. Arhoolie Record, Inc. unknown
rif. 008268New York: Corydon Publications Inc. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No Date circa early 1970s. 20 pp. in stapled wrappers. Fine as issued. Loaded with classified advertisements for swingingers with black and white nude photographs numerous ads for sex-related items. Named the Pioneer Swinger in honor of Eddie Abel of "the Corydn Insider" fame. Intended for swingers in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and members of the Jet Set Club founded in Dallas in 1971. SCARCE. Corydon Publications, Inc. Paperback
1966rif. 008274Boston: American Folklore Society 1966. Typewritten. Very Good. No Binding. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Eight pages typed one side stapled top left on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Very Good uniformly browning light soiling. SCARCE piece of American Folklore Society history. The Society was originally founded in 1888. American Folklore Society unknown
rif. 008275No Place: Missouri Pacific Railway Company Typewritten. Very Good Plus. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No Author. No Place Los Angeles no date circa late 1950s- early 1960s. Listings for Stinson SLP #1-85 and #1000-1003. Typed one side with title musician Stinson SLP# a brief summary of the recording list of songs size and number of LPs List and Net prices. Lacking pages for #s 67 71 72 75-77 80-82. Unpaginated 80 pp. Bound in black stiff paper brad binder title label front cover Very Good Plus small corner creases top corners rear cover and final 6 pages. No listing found at Worldcat. Stinson Records was an important early publisher of folk music and blues recording such artists as Woody Guthrie Pete Seeger Leadbelly Josh White and Sonny Terry. Missouri Pacific Railway Company unknown
1951rif. 008276Palmer Michigan: National Hillbilly Record Collectorss Exchange 1951. Journal. Very Good. No Binding. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE. 16 issues of Disc Collector; Official Organ of National Hillbilly Record Collectors' Exchange later renamed Disc Collector: "The Country Record Collectors Bible". This mimeographed country and folk music journal which has been called a veritable "research discography". Published quarterly starting in 1951 the 16 issues are Vol. 1 Nos.1-4 1951; Vol. 2 Nos. 1-3 1952; and Nos. 10 12-19 1957-1961. With a hand-written artist index on 4" x 6" index cards giving artist name issue number and page number no indication of author but from the collection of noted folklorist Frank Hoffman. Additionally Disc Collectors New Letter Nos. 1-5 Jan.-Sept. 1964 along with 2 pages of New Releases and a blank application for membership to Disc Collectors Record Club. Very Good or better overall slight musty smell assorted small corner creases. A remarkable and RARE treasure trove for the collector of early country and folk music. National Hillbilly Record Collectorss Exchange unknown
1955rif. 008277London: Workers' Music Association Ltd. 1955. Journal. Very Good. No Binding. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Founded in 1936 by composer and radical Alan Bush and still in operation the Workers' Music Association has long been a beacon for the rights and music of workers. This collection consists of 49 issues of the WMA Bulletin from the years 1955 -1959; May-Dec 1955 Annual Report 9 issues; 1956 11 issues including Annual Report; 1957 12 issues; 1958 8 issues; and 1959 9 issues. Additionally 14 related separate pieces of ephemera from both the WMA and Topic Records assorted brochures flyers and price lists. RARE collection individual copies of the Bulletin unfound in online market searches. Overall Very Good or better mailing stampings small corner creases. Workers' Music Association, Ltd. unknown
1889rif. 008058No Place: Privately Printed 1889. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. #35/52 copies privately printed. xl 585 pp. Bound in contemporary dark blue pebbled morocco over blue buckram boards blue end papers top edge dyed red. Very Good Plus light rubbing at edges of morocco. Unique bookplate of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research bottom corner front end page with its faded call letters bottom edge of spine. A wonderful provenance. Privately Printed Hardcover
1959rif. 008083Newport RI: Board of Directors Newport Folk Festival 1959. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE program for the First Newport Folk Festiaval 24 pp. featuring daily programs and two artist biographies with black and white photos per page Introduction by Billy Faier editor and publisher of CARAVAN magazine. In original stapled pictorial wrappers Very Good foxing and slight discoloration to wrappers. Featured artists included are: Pete Seeger Odetta Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Josh White The New Lost City Ramblers Memphis Slim The Stanley Brothers The Kingston Trio Earl Scruggs Jean Ritchie and Bo Diddley among others. Board of Directors, Newport Folk Festival Paperback
1947rif. 008095New York: Moe Asch DISC Company of America 1947. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 48 pp. Illustrations by Woody Guthrie and York Cunningham Jr. Contains a short biography reminiscences and a collection of Guthrie's song lyrics. Very Good in original wrappers rubbed at spine edge and bottom corner rear wrapper residue along spine edge small stain inside rear wrapper and rear end pages. A quite nice copy of this SCARCE Woody Guthrie book. Moe Asch, DISC Company of America Paperback
1930rif. 008099Cambridge MA: Folk - Song Society of the Northeast 1930. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE Worldcat shows 3 holdings worldwide all in Europe and no individual numbers found in any commercial database. The complete 12 issue run of this seminal folksong journal published 1930-1937 from the collection of noted folklorist Frank A. Hoffmann his folk music-inspired bookplate front paste down. Bound in green cloth with two black leather labels at spine lettered in gilt Near Fine staining to rear board and rear paste down the bulletins are all Fine. The Folk-Song Society was founded by Phillips Barry American academic and collector of traditional folk ballads in New England in 1930 and he edited this journal until his death in 1937. Folk - Song Society of the Northeast Hardcover
1960rif. 008114Chico State College Chico CA: California Folklore Society 1960. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. RARE. The complete first two volumes of this occasional newsletter from Vol. 1 No. 1 Sept. 1960 through Vol. 2 No. 9 Jun. 1969 16 issues in Vol. 1 and 9 issues in Vol. 2. 4 1 6 5 8 3 7 6 108 103 pp. Bound in black notebook Near Fine some mailing labels present just a hint of musty smell. From the collection of noted folklorist Frank A. Hoffmann. A true rarity in the folklore world !. California Folklore Society Hardcover
1948rif. 008115Chapel Hill North Carolina: The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina 1948. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Thick 8vo. RARE. Volumes 1-8 with Vol. 9 No.3 An Analytical Index to North Carolina Folklore Vols I - VIII. Bound in later 20th c. green cloth gilt lettering at spine Near Fine slight musty smell. Includes story " A Job of Work" by Manly Wade Wellman. Numerous folk songs and ballads many with music and numerous stories and articles on North Carolina folklore. Individual issues SCARCE this collection of the first eight volumes RARE. The Folklore Council of the University of North Carolina Hardcover
1890rif. 007971London: The Folk-Lore Society 1890. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publications of the Folk-Lore Society No. XXV. Printed in Gaelic and English on facing pages. Bookplate of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society front paste down along with small seller's label. Bookplate of noted Celtic scholar and folklorist Edgar M. Slotkin verso front end page. Very Good slight spine lean light wear to cloth at edges scant toning at end pages. SCARCE in collectible condition. The Folk-Lore Society Hardcover
1845rif. 007972London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Tall 8vo. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges binding solid contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover
1976rif. 006858Ann Arbor MI: Bear Claw Press 1976. Book. Very Good Plus. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Howard Norman's SCARCE first published book. First Edition stated. Very Good Plus small rub to wrappers near bottom edge of spine faint label shadow top edge front wrapper. faint creases to wrappers. Bear Claw Press Paperback
1945rif. 006648Pennsylvania: Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology 1945. Book. Very Good Plus. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the collection of noted semiotician linguist and folklorist Thomas A. Sebeok his last name signature in ink front end pages of all 4 bulletins. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. In addition to Fenton's 4-part article on the Cornplanter Senecas also contains Autumn L. Leonard's 4 part article "The Presque Isle Portage and the Venango Trail" and other related articles. The bulletins paginated 1-38 39-67 68-101 and 102-136. All 4 bulletins Very Good Plus or better in addition to Sebeok's signature there are handwritten titles on front covers and some marginal notes and checkmarks all in Sebeok's hand. SCARCE as a set. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Paperback
1905rif. 006666New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine small inked letter bottom corner front end page gilt at spine a bit rubbed to publisher's name at bottom edge. In the original green cloth gilt titles and decorations bright tissue-guarded frontispiece with elephants vii-xv 310 pp. with 4 pp. publisher's catalog illustrated with numerous black and white full-page photographs. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1928rif. 006685New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1928. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boas' classic treatise on race and culture RARE in the original 1928 First Edition and in collectible condition. 236pp. 10 pp references. Very Good in the original black cloth with paper labels front board and spine spine label a bit darkened and a trifle rubbed cloth a few small rubs contents are clean tight and unmarked. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover
1892rif. 006542London: T. Fisher Unwin 1892. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. First Trade Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The First Trade Edition there was also a limited edition of 100 copies. Very Good in the original salmon cloth with black decorations to boards; title in red on front and spine Unwin monogram likewise on rear. Color frontispiece. Spine darkened and red title dulled 3" tear top edge half-title page light foxing to end pages period interesting bookplate front pastedown. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University the only library indicators being its stamp verso of frontispiece and blindstamp to title page. With RARE and important three page ALS tipped to front end page sent from Leland at the Hotel Victoria Florence Italy to Mr Sampson noted linguist John Sampson possiby dated 1899 with "99" after heading. "Dear Mr Sampson I have written and sent you separately by this mail that which I contribute to our book." He then discusses his wishes for the Preface and Introduction before adding "The Tinkers. This is quite unfinished. It needs a great deal from you. Please note that I have got some queer items as to the Tinkers of old times." In the next paragraph he mentions Shelta Shelta Thari being an esoteric language spoken by the tinkers which Leland had discovered in 1876. He goes on to ask "Can you send me an Old Irish alphabet' and later "I hope it will not take you long to put together what you and Professor Meyer will give" referring to Professor Kuno Meyer a German scholar distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature. Then an address in Hamburg Germany where he can be reached after June and "Sincerely Charle G. Leland". While I can find no book that these three men published together Sampson and Meyer did much work later to carry forward research and knowledge of the Shelta language and customs. A quite fascinating correspondence and ASSOCIATION COPY. T. Fisher Unwin Hardcover
1897rif. 006554London and Chicago: David Nutt and Way and Williams 1897. Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. # 218 of an edition of 300 copies on hand-made paper for America there were also 50 copies on Japan paper for America and the same 350 copies with the same papers for London. Translated from the edition of the abbe J.J. Bourasse Tours 1858 by Andrew Lang. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp front end page and blindstamp title page spine a bit darkened closed 2" tear at top edge of spine. Illustrations by Selwyn Image. David Nutt and Way and Williams Hardcover
1898rif. 006557London: Henry Frowde 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in the First Edition. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page gilt titles and designs cloth a bit faded at spine end pages toned light rubbing to cloth at tips overall a well-cared for and lovely copy. Henry Frowde Hardcover
1897rif. 006573London: David Nutt 1897. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Near Fine in the original green cloth wonderfully decorated in gilt top edge gilt purple end pages illustrated chiefly from photographs by A. M. Dixon 351 pp. fold-out map Fine from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page no other markings or indications. Golspie is a village in Scotland on the North Sea coast. David Nutt Hardcover
