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1931Best.-Nr. 010369Indianapolis Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1931. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine early prior owner gift inscription at first blank in a Very Good dust jacket small chips at spine ends and light edge wear spine a shade sunned. 357 pages photographic end papers original orange cloth lettered in red. Blockson 9809. A book remebered now more for the attempt than for the execution of telling the true story of slavery. . The Bobbs-Merrill Company Hardcover
1917Best.-Nr. 009853New York: G. P Putnam's Sons 1917. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii 341 ps. oroginal blue gloth with gilt lettering top edge gilt. Very Good gilt at spine dulled front hinge cracked yet holding nicely 3 pages of Introduction with top corner creases. Originally from the collection of Anne F. Oberndorfer her signature in pencil front end page. Anne Shaw Faulkner Oberndorfer 1877-1948 a prominent Chicago music educator and a frequent contributor to Better Homes & Gardens The Ladies' Home Journal and Child Life magazines during the 1920s. Later from the collection of noted music professor John Planer of Manchester University his bookplate front paste down. G. P Putnam's Sons Hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 009855Cardiff: University of Wales Press 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of Griffiths two most important works. "This is the first modern commentary on Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride to be accompanied by a new recension of the greek text and also the first to be undertaken by a classical scholar who is at the same time an Egyptologist." front flap. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket tiny tear at top edge of spine faint staicker shadow rear panel. University of Wales Press Hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 009948Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1947. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page-" To my colleague and friend James W. Marchand with greetings Clair Hayden Bell 28th March 1960". Four volumes in original red cloth Very Good no jackets spines slight sunning spine lean Marchand's name stamp front end page with laid in photocopy of a review of the book published in The Journal of English and Germanic Philology Vol. I No. 4 October 1951. Bell's monumental study of Meistergesang one of the most characteristic forms assumed by German literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With presentation inscription to the noted medieval scholar linguist and polyglot James W Marchand. A wonderful scholarly Association Copy. University of California Press Hardcover
1864Best.-Nr. 009973London and Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. 1864. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. lvi 190 pages. In original brick cloth gilt lettering back Near Fine faint name in ink front end page tiny rubs to corners the small bookseller's ticket of Gustav E. Stechert of New York verso front end paper. SCARCE and important edition and study of the Stanzaic or Harleian Le Morte Arthur. Collectible copies uncommon in current market. Macmillan & Co. Hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 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
1959Best.-Nr. 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
1971Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1966Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1951Best.-Nr. 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
1955Best.-Nr. 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
1889Best.-Nr. 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
1959Best.-Nr. 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
1947Best.-Nr. 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
1930Best.-Nr. 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
1960Best.-Nr. 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
1948Best.-Nr. 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
1890Best.-Nr. 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
1845Best.-Nr. 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
1976Best.-Nr. 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
1945Best.-Nr. 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
1905Best.-Nr. 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
