A Picture Book of Songs and Ballads
by Robert Schmertz; Arranged By Lee B. Thomssen; Edited By Jo Davidson
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh: Robert Schmertz Book Fund, 1976. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated white stapled stiff wraps. 62 pp. plus "Production Notes". Illustrated throughout with brilliant color lithographs. Errata slip pasted on verso of title page. A collection of songs (with musical scores) by this beloved Pittsburgh folk singer and composer of songs about the rivers and mountains of Western Pennsylvania. A very tight, bright, clean unblemished volume with brilliant illustrations with no rust to staples and apparently unused. A mere suspicion of soil at a couple of spots which only shows on this bright white cover. Fine. Uncommon..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09607
- Title
- A Picture Book of Songs and Ballads
- Author
- Robert Schmertz; Arranged By Lee B. Thomssen; Edited By Jo Davidson
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Schmertz Book Fund
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- SCHMERTZ, TRADITIONAL, FOLK, SONGS, MUSIC, VOCAL, SCORE, BALLAD, MUSICAL, ILLUSTRATED, PENNSYLVANIA, WESTERN, RIVER, ALLEGHENY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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