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1955008277London: Workers' Music Association Ltd. 1955. Founded in 1936 by composer and radical Alan Bush and still in operation the Workers' Music Association has long been a beacon for the rights and music of workers. This collection consists of 49 issues of the WMA Bulletin from the years 1955 -1959; May-Dec 1955 Annual Report 9 issues; 1956 11 issues including Annual Report; 1957 12 issues; 1958 8 issues; and 1959 9 issues. Additionally 14 related separate pieces of ephemera from both the WMA and Topic Records assorted brochures flyers and price lists. RARE collection individual copies of the Bulletin unfound in online market searches. Overall Very Good or better mailing stampings small corner creases. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Workers' Music Association, Ltd. Paperback books
198719454NY: Harmony Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0517565250 . Illustrated by Alan B. Herriot. First printing of the American edition. Remainder dot on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harmony Books hardcover books
1905006666New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine small inked letter bottom corner front end page gilt at spine a bit rubbed to publisher's name at bottom edge. In the original green cloth gilt titles and decorations bright tissue-guarded frontispiece with elephants vii-xv 310 pp. with 4 pp. publisher's catalog illustrated with numerous black and white full-page photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
1924006665London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine boards a bit darkened. 276 pp. 12 pp. publisher's catalog map 20 black and white photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seeley, Service & Co. Limited Hardcover books
1935006794Harlan KY: Pine Mountain Settlement School 1935. SCARCE. Both issues Near Fine with vertical or horizontal mailing folds. Both stamped "Herzog Collection" verso from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog. . Appalachians Folk Music "Singing Willie" Nolan. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Paperback books
1950005599Albuquerque New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press 1950. Fine in Very Good dust jacket small chips top edge front panel and spine top edge large chip running 4" along top edge rear panel. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of New Mexico Press Hardcover books
001075Farrar Straus and Giroux 1972 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Presentation By Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:0-374-37126-1. Presentation by the author original art a man coat and top hat. Price clipped 1/8 missing from heel. Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1972 Hardcover books
1993008860New York: Scholastic Press 1993. Publisher's promotional poster 28" h x 18"w featuring Troy Howell's cover art for the book. Near Fine faint creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 28" h x 18"w. Scholastic Press books
1987007409Athens OH: Swallow Press/ Ohio Univ. Press 1987. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR John Matthias on title page to a colleague and friend. Fine in Wraps as Issued. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Trade Paperback Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Swallow Press/ Ohio Univ. Press Paperback books
1956TB15622Lancaster: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center 1956. Very good in illustrated paper wraps with a stapled binding which is lightly rubbed and worn at the fold of the spine. 101 pages of text photographs drawings and ads. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center paperback books
1939002196Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1939. Near Fine couple of small chips at edge of rear wrapper. Pages are uncut and contents are As New. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Paperback books
1956002131Helsinki Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica 1956. "The following brief study is intended to serve the special purpose of clarifying the history of the gesture of putting the thumb to the nose and the general purpose of showing the interest and variety that may be found in the historical study of gestures." From the collection of noted folklorist Richard Bauman his signature front end page. Fine price rear cover with pencil correction. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica Paperback books
1888007970Liverpool: L. Foulkes 1888. First published for the Welsh MSS. Society in 1848 this the 1888 Second Edition. Very Good in publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering the boards blind tooled corners a bit turned in scant toning at end pages only 1938 gift inscription and the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. A handsome and well-bound copy and SCARCE THUS. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. L. Foulkes Hardcover books
1992180787Pakistan: Royal Book Company 1992. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. some light smudging to the textblock edges; contents clean and binding sound; dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Royal Book Company unknown books
198034139Boulder: Great Eastern. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0877737126 . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Great Eastern hardcover books
1845007972London: Printed for Thomas Tegg 1845. Very Good in contemporary half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down along with a small bookseller's label. Prior owner name top edge verso front end page. Boards rubbed at edges binding solid contents quite clean and unmarked. A scholar's copy. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. Printed for Thomas Tegg Hardcover books
1964008270Berkeley CA: Arhoolie Record Inc. 1964. 110 pages in stapled red wrappers. Fine. Numerous photographs of legendary blue musicians such as Mance Lipscomb Muddy Waters Clifton Chenier Mississippi John Hurt Lightnin' Hopkins and many others. SCARCE. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arhoolie Record, Inc. Paperback books
1971008264Berkeley CA: Arhoolie Records Inc. 1971. SCARCE. Promotional newspaper from Arhoolie Records Inc. founded by Chris Strachwitz and his business partner Tom Diamant in 1960. one of the iconic early publishers of folk music blues and jazz. 20 pp. with numerous articles on recent and upcoming record publications and other company and music industry news. illustrated with numerous black and white photographs Graphic Design: Wayne Pope. Very Good center fold as issued interior pages uniformly age toned tears bottom edge at corner in margin closed small tear rear cover. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Arhoolie Records, Inc. Paperback books
1963008266Berkeley CA: Arhoolie Record Inc. 1963. RARE. Early publication from the founder of Arhoolie Records. Details Strachwitz's account of his travels across the US in the summer of 1962 in search of blues music and musicians to record in addition to news on recent Arhoolie releases. 8 pp newspaper. Very Good uniformly browned a few small chips 1" horiz. tear at fold edge across all pages center fold as mailed with recipient's name and address Frank A. Hoffmann noted folklorist at Indiana University. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 14 3/4 ' h X11 1/2" h. Arhoolie Record, Inc. Paperback books
1932006650New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1932. First Edition stated. Very Good no jacket small sticker shadow bottom edge of spine stamp and blindstamp of Folklore Institute Indiana University front end page and title page respectively. light soiling to cloth. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Woodcuts by Richard Bennett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
1974006590Norwood PA: Norwood Editions 1974. A limited edition of 100 copies. SCARCE. Fine in blue cloth gilt title at spine. Reprinted from v.2 of the 1903-07 ed. of "The House of Gordon" edited by J.M. Bulloch printed for the New Spalding Club Aberdeen Scotland which was issued as no. 26 and 33 of the New Spalding Club publications. Pages numbered 3-101 at top also paginated 513-611 at bottom contains 22 songs. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Norwood Editions Hardcover books
1944006642Stockholm: Instituti Hungaricic Universitatis Holmiensis 1944. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page and dated 10/28/45 to noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok. Wolfgang Steinitz German linguist and folklorist was an important pioneer of the German folk-revival in both East and West Germany. Sebeok Professor Emeritus at Indiana University was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. A nice folklore Association Copy. Book is Very Good 2" tear at spine top edge chips at ends of spine contents are clean tight and unmarked. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Instituti Hungaricic Universitatis Holmiensis Paperback books
200227596NY: Philomel Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0399235841 . Illustrated by the author. Translated from the Russian by Tatiana Popova. Second printing thus. Previous owner's name on front paste-down else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Philomel Books hardcover books
199224138NY: Bradbury Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0027860450 . Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale." First American printing. Fine in a very near fine short closed edge tear in the upper corner of the rear panel dust jacket. . Bradbury Press hardcover books
1960003574Mexico: Cia. Impresora De Libros y Revistas 1960. SIGNED by Author on half-title page. Near Fine light wear at bottom edges of cloth in a Very Good Plus dustjacket with small chips at the tips. Text is in Spanish and in English Numerous photos. Mexican Indians. Photography. . SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good Plus. Cia. Impresora De Libros y Revistas Hardcover books
