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[MUSIC]. LOMAX, John A. and LOMAX, Alan. Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly. New York, 1936.
Estimate: $600-$800
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$400
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American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Description
[MUSIC]. LOMAX, John A. and LOMAX, Alan. Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly. New York, 1936.
Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1936. 8vo. Frontispiece. Publisher's tan cloth stamped in red, in the rare dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION featuring annotated songs and an oral biography of the iconic blues legend, Huddie Ledbetter, best known as "Lead Belly," transcribed by the folklorists John and Alan Lomax who first heard the musician at the Angola Prison Farm in Louisiana in 1933.
Condition
Contents very good. Fading and edge wear to the spine of the jacket, some spotting to rear. Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.
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