THE COUNTRY BLUES - UNIQUE ONE OF A KIND COPY - THIS IS THE COPY USED TO PRODUCE THE ORIGINAL DA CAPO REPRINT by Charters, Samuel B. (dedicated to Moses Asch with a note signed by him above the dedication) - 1959

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1959. HC. good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket - SEE DETAILED NOTE. B&W illustrations. This book was a major landmark in the development of blues appreciation. This copy was used by Da Capo for its 1975 reprint. The book block was cut apart for the reproduction and then reassembled in the original case. Throughout are red marks for edits and pagination of the reprint. Pages 250 and 251 are crossed out in red, and a page inserted with a revised 250 with two new sections rubber cemented to a new leaf inserted. The cemented portions are now loose. The text does not flow, thus I expect a sheet had been affixed to the verson of the new leaf, but has long been gone. Inscibed on the front fly is "This copy disassembled & then put back together for the Da Capo reprint - S" - The S most likely by the author Samuel B. Charters. Charters dedicated this book to Moses Asch, founder of Folkways Records. Ashe wrote a note above the dedication to him, and that was circled in red to not be reproduced. IMAGES HAPPILY PROVIDED. 288pp.