Folk Song U. S. A. The 111 Best American Ballads

LOMAX, JOHN A. AND ALAN LOMAX [COLLECTED, ADAPTED, AND ARRANGED BY]

Publication: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947, New York

First edition. 4to. Blue cloth, titles blind stamped on the front cover and stamped in silver gilt on the spine,tan endpapers, xvi, 407 pp., preface, musical foreword, appendices, index. Words and music to 111 American ballads, with introductions to each section giving the social setting and local color for each of the songs and ballads. Eleven individual sections identify the music created, such as "Heroes and Hard Cases," The Farmer," "Deep River," "When You Go A-Courtin'," etc. Fine, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dust jacket lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corners with a tiny chip to top edge of rear cover and a small piece missing from bottom flap fold area on rear flap (but not affecting any printing). An attractive copy.