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Frontier Ballads
by Finger, Charles J.; Honore, Paul (illustrator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good+
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 18 pp, indexed, with pictorial endpapers, 3 color plates, and several smaller illustrations in the text. Black cloth binding with illustration of a man playing the accordion stamped in gilt on the front. Very mild wear to extremities, else a fine copy. Dust jacket is heavily chipped at the corners and along the top edge, including a 1/2 inch loss at the head of the spine, and is rubbed at the folds. "Mr. Finger's own collection of favorite songs - both words and music. He gives you the song and he also tells you how it was sung and the circumstances under which he heard it....Not only do you hear the songs but you see the singer." Includes cowboy songs, sea shanties, and "other ancient ballads rescued from oblivion.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12279
- Title
- Frontier Ballads
- Author
- Finger, Charles J.; Honore, Paul (illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Music West Western Americana Folklore
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Walkabout Books
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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