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RL'S DREAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mosley's award winning novel about an aged and ailing blues musician. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-393-038025.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (nick to dj at top of spine).
Book ID: 59314More details Price: $18.00 -
THE NEGRO AND HIS SONGS: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South.
Edition: First edition.
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press 1925. Hardcover first edition - The second of Odum's three classic works on African American music. As noted in the preface, the songs in this volume were collected in northern Mississippi and northern Georgia, with a few other songs and fragments from North Carolina and Tennessee included for comparative purposes. They are divided into three categories: religious songs (the largest group), social songs, and work songs. Much of the book consists of the lyrics to the songs. Includes a select bibliography, and an index to the songs. vii, 306 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall a good copy, tight and sturdy in very dark blue cloth with gilt lettering (corners bumped, a bit of wear to the ends of the spine covering)
Book ID: 84395More details Price: $50.00 -
MISSISSIPPI: An American Journey.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's first book - a combination of travel writing, memoir and history. ISBN: 0-679-446001.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder dot.)
Book ID: 29074More details Price: $18.00
