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Lullabies of Many Lands
by Withington, Elizabeth
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: H M Caldwell, 1908 Color pictorial boards with gilt accents, light edge wear, insect damage to inner front hinge, occasional foxing, previous owner's name on verso of frontis. Lullabies for different cultures with musical notation, each paired with an image of a mother and child from that culture, printed in half-tone on alternating color backgrounds. The cultures are depicted from a dated worldview and the "Negro Lullaby" is in black dialect and contains the "N" word and the illustration depicts a "mammy." Scarce.. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Elizabeth Withington. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008693
- Title
- Lullabies of Many Lands
- Author
- Withington, Elizabeth
- Illustrator
- Elizabeth Withington
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- H M Caldwell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Music, black dialect, black americana, Racism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
All items returnable within 10 days after receipt, with prior notification, for a full refund. Buyer to pay return insured/trackable shipping. All returns should be boxed. Refund to be granted after item has been returned in the same condition as when first shipped. We do not drop ship or ship blind, all orders will contain branded labels and materials
About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Established in 2003, E M Maurice Books has been selling rare, collectible, out-of-print and obscure children's and illustrated books by catalog, online and at trade shows around the Northeast. We have high standards for condition and make every effort to describe condition and edition accurately. We rarely sell ex-library copies and on the rare occasion we do, it will be stated clearly in the description. Our quarterly digital catalogs include items which are offered to established customers before being offered online, please inquire if you would like to be added to our digital mailing list. We never sell our mailing list and save all customer information in a safe digital environment.
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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