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302 page autobiography of John A. Lomax. Book covers are clean with no markings, and show light wear. Corners a very slightly bumped. Pages are clean and free of marking other than library stamps noted. Ex library copy ink stamped "CREW'S LIBRARY - U.S. Naval Hospital - Puget Sound Navy Yard - Bremerton, Washington." Stamp appears on end papers, Title Page, page 59, and fore edge.
ADVENTURES OF A BALLAD HUNTER. by Lomax, John A. (1867-1948) - 1947
by Lomax, John A. (1867-1948)
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ADVENTURES OF A BALLAD HUNTER.
by Lomax, John A. (1867-1948)
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NY: MacMillan, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE/very good. Sketches by Ken Chamberlain, 302pp. No names, no writing, blue spine title and decorative device on red cloth bright, clean, tight, no names, no writing, corners sharp, near very good with small area of rippling on the lower board.
Lomax spent his boyhood in Bosque County where men like Bob Hanna and Ed Nichols deepened his love for cowboy songs. He spent a year at Granbury College (selling his beloved pony for funds) he would go on to a Sheldon Fellow at Harvard University and track down music and muscians through-out the south recording them for the Library of Congress; most notably Huddie Ledbetter. A.C. Greene 50 BEST 47.
Lomax spent his boyhood in Bosque County where men like Bob Hanna and Ed Nichols deepened his love for cowboy songs. He spent a year at Granbury College (selling his beloved pony for funds) he would go on to a Sheldon Fellow at Harvard University and track down music and muscians through-out the south recording them for the Library of Congress; most notably Huddie Ledbetter. A.C. Greene 50 BEST 47.
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- Date Published 1947
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MACMILLAN CO, 1947T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Hardcover. \r\nStated First Printing\r\nNo dust jacket.\r\nMinor cover wear.\r\nClean unmarked text. \r\nTight binding.
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ADVENTURES OF A BALLAD HUNTER
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New York: MacMillan. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Former owner's name on half title page. All edges of the dust jacket are rubbed with some loss at head and heel of spine . Light cup mark on front panel of dust jacket which goes through to the front board. ; 8vo; 302 pages .
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Adventures of a Ballad Hunter
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Autobiography of the John Lomax, who collected cowboy and western songs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of us have heard of his son, Alan Lomax, who did much the same work for folk and blues songs in the 20th century. Hardcover red boards with black pictorial drawing of a Guitar in the front cover and black lettering on the spine. Slight fading on back board cover. Binding tight, text unmarked and clean.DJ is in fair condition, with a vertical damp stain on inside back cover. Chipping along top margin and closed tears. One open tear on top of spine. Not price clipped. Mylar protected
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