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THE NEGRO AND HIS SONGS: A STUDY OF TYPICAL NEGRO SONGS IN THE SOUTH
by Odum, Howard W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. First Edition. Full blue cloth with gilt titling to front cover and spine. This book, which contains many lyrics, is a seminal work towards an academic understanding of the blues and other African-American music; Odum's field studies began around 1910, prior to the recordings of most of the famous blues singers. Ex-Library; specifically, this book came from the Oregon, Illinois public library. It has call numbers on the spine, a card pocket on the front pastedown, embossures on the title page and page 31, and the flap folds from the (absent) dust-jacket pasted to the first free endpaper. Scattered pencil underlining to interior. Endpages and text block and lightly soiled. Boards are clean, with light wear to extremeties. Binding is tight and square.
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- Seller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 55345
- Title
- THE NEGRO AND HIS SONGS: A STUDY OF TYPICAL NEGRO SONGS IN THE SOUTH
- Author
- Odum, Howard W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Music
Terms of Sale
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Atlanta Vintage Books
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Chamblee, Georgia
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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