American Folk Music from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, [1905]. First Edition. Folio (31.5cm); publisher's green cloth-backed decorative card wrappers; [2],ix,[5],127pp.; chiefly sheet music. Spine ends, wrapper extremities rubbed and textblock rather shaken, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper ("M.A. Wentworth"). Good or better overall, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Forms part of the Musicians Library series. Landmark collection of African-American spirituals, by the… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); brick red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in navy blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv,302,[2]pp; illus. Faint, scattered moisture staining to cloth, lower corners bumped, with light wear to extremities, and foxing to upper edge of textblock, and early owners inked name to front… Read more about this item

Oakland: PM Press, 2020. First Edition. First printing. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 258pp. New, unread copy.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1989. First printing of the Revised and Expanded Edition. Quarto; cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 240pp; illus. Fine copy in a crisp, unworn dustwrapper. A much expanded and updated version of the Carawans' 1966 classic, included many new photographs by Ida Berman, Gary Hamilton, and others.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1928. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Recently rebound in quarter linen over paper-covered boards; x,[1]-181pp; text diagrams; 17 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones) not reckoned in pagination. Closed marginal tear to second flyleaf (blank); minimal aging to text; Near Fine, albeit not in the original publisher's binding. An… Read more about this item

New York: Abrams, 2008. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. (oblong, thick- 24 cm x 16.5 x 4 cm) 744pp; illustrated; pictorial boards, decorated foreedge of textblock; Fine, lacking dustjacket, as issued.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1986. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial heavy card wrappers; 104,[30]pp; illus. Tight, clean and Near Fine. A substantial program for the Festival's 20th incarnation. In addition to the festival program, includes an introductory essay by Robert Cantwell, and lengthy pieces on the participants, including articles by Archie Green ("Championing Crafts in the Workplace"); Richard Blaustein ("Moonshining… Read more about this item

Brisbane, CA: i.a.d. Publications, 1984. Single quarto issue. Staple-bound wrappers; pictorial card covers; 30pp. Light external soil and wear; Very Good or better. Single issue of this quarterly 'zine devoted to enthusiasts of the autoharp and traditional American music.

Brisbane, CA: i.a.d. Publications, 1984. Single quarto issue. Staple-bound wrappers; pictorial card covers; 30pp. Light external soil and wear; Very Good or better. Single issue of this quarterly 'zine devoted to enthusiasts of the autoharp and traditional American music.

Durham: Duke University Press, 1974. Second printing (first published 1957). Octavo; tan buckram (hardcover); xliv+420pp; frontispiece illus. Fine copy, lacking dustwrapper. Volume Four only of a seven-volume set.

Durham: Duke University Press, 1974. Second printing (first published 1957). Octavo; tan buckram (hardcover); xli+639pp; frontispiece illus. Fine copy, lacking dustwrapper. Volume Five only of a seven-volume set.

New York: Doubleday, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 464pp. Fine, unmarked copy in lightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper with original price on front flap. Remainder speckle on bottom edge of text block. No first edition statement, as usual for this title (an exception to Doubleday's usual practice, possibly because this is an edited volume). Edited volume of scholarly articles… Read more about this item

Altoona: Altoona Tribune Company, 1919. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial buff card wrappers; 176pp; portrait frontispieces (2). Slight toning and wear to wrappers; bold ink ownership signature at upper margin of front wrapper ("R.E. Goettman"); still a solid, VG copy of the rather less common first edition (the collection was revised and re-issued in 1923). Collection of ballads and work… Read more about this item

N.p.: by the author, n.d. (ca 1967). First Edition. Octavo. Printed, staple-bound wrappers; 46pp. Limited to 50 copies. Cover design and illustrations by Bernice Mast. Inscribed below limitation statement: "Copy for Izzy Young for his collection. When he collects this, he collects everything / Ted Grieder," undated. Mild external dusting, else Fine. Long anti-war poem, illustrated with… Read more about this item

N.p.: by the author, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. Printed, staple-bound wrappers; 46pp. Limited to 100 copies, printed at the Hooiberg Printing Co., Epe, Netherlands. Inscribed below limitation statement: "For the promoter of good music & poetry - Izzy Young / Ted Grieder," undated. Mild external dusting, else Fine. Izzy Young was the proprietor of the Folklore Center… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2008. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards; 210pp. Fine, unmarked copy. Issued simultaneously in wrappers; this is the somewhat less common hardcover edition. No jacket, perhaps as issued.

New York: Flatiron Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo. Printed wrappers; [iv, 16pp]. Inscribed inside front wrapper to the Greenwich-village folk-music impresario Izzy Young, dated 1962. Mild discoloration to front wrapper, else Fine. A significant association, joining two of the great figures of the 1960s folk revival. Allan Block (1923-2013) was the long-time proprietor of the Allan Block Sandal Shop,… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. Second Printing. Octavo (19.5cm): rust-colored cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 189pp, [1]. Softening to base of spine, discreet evidence of small bookplate removed from front pastedown, with a faint stain to lower corner of front endpaper; Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket priced $1.90 at spine; 1.75cm chip… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, [1973]. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); original black pictorial card wrappers; [16].122pp. Textblock uniformly toned, else Fine. Collection of lyrics by the major blues singers, including Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Bukka White, and Howlin' Wolf. With an introduction by Nicholas.

Paris: Le Point, 1952. First Edition. Quarto. Card wrappers with printed dustwrapper; 48pp; illus. From the library of artists Ben and Bernarda Shahn, with estate label inside front cover. Mild wear; light dusting to title page; Very Good or better. Entire issue devoted to (mostly American) jazz, with articles by Hugues Panassie ("Le Jazz, musique vivant"), Madeleine Gautier ("Le… Read more about this item