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The Book of American Negro Spirituals
New York: The Viking Press, 1925. Single volume, measuring 10 x 7 inches: [1-10] 11-187. Original light brown cloth decoratively stamped in brown and blue. Historical preface followed by 137 pages of musical arrangements. Ink presentation inscription on front free endpaper: “For Ring W. Lardner / with sincere regards /...
Price: $2,800.00
Fourteen Songs from “When We Were Very Young”
London: Methuen & Co., (1925). Slim folio, measuring 12 x 9.5 inches: [2], 34. Original tan cloth spine, brown paper boards, pictorial pastedown label to upper board, original pictorial dust jacket printed in cream and blue. Pictorial title page, 32 pages of sheet music illustrated with black-and-white vignettes. Lightest occasional smudge to jacket.
Price: $45.00