Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.
First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's coarse tan cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with light browning to endsheets and toning to pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact though machine-clipped corners on the front flap, sunning at the edges and several tape reinforcements to the blindside. A fantastic copy in the illusive dust jacket uncommon in such nice condition. Features annotated songs and an oral biography of the iconic blues legend, transcribed by the folklorists John and Alan Lomax. Item #140942233
Price: $2,200.00