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Story of the Jubilee Singers with Their Songs. Revised Edition, The.
by Marsh, J. B. T. (James Brainard Taylor) 1839-87
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Riverside Press), n.d. Illustrated by Photographic albumen print of singers (Gordon, Thomas, Payne, Caldwell, Hinton, Johnson, Benchley, Hall, Wells, Jackson De Hart), 2 ports (Fisk & White), Fisk facsimile letter, Fisk Jubilee Hall TN. 80th thousand edition. c.1883. Original green blind-stamped cloth, spine and topboard decorated and printed gilt & black (Fisk Jubilee Hall) rebacked by KTB retaining all of spine with corner reinforcement in acid free (AF) Hewit cloth, new headbands and Strathmore AF petal infusion endpapers. 12mo. pp. 265. Very Good. Light cover wear and soil, several small internal blemished. Owner stamps of C. S. Wallace dated 1/11/1888. October 1880 Cravath introduction of Fisk Jubilee Hall. Abridgment of two histories written by Rev. G. D. Pike with expanded personal histories, the German tour and additional numbered songs, 128 total. The first group was organized to raise money for Fisk University and the first tour was organized in 1871, with Jackson joining in 1872. She married Rev. A.J. DeHart of NashvilleÕs Jackson Street Church in 1884, so the 80th is ca. 1884-87 as Marsh who wrote the preface died in 1887. [75th is 1881; 88th is 1894]..
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- Bookseller
- OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OWBSTO116074
- Title
- Story of the Jubilee Singers with Their Songs. Revised Edition, The.
- Author
- Marsh, J. B. T. (James Brainard Taylor) 1839-87
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (Riverside Press), n.d.
- Keywords
- Jennie Jackson (DeHart) 1851-1910, Music
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OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Point of Sale (by phone or fax), Checks, MO, drafts in US Funds. MA residents invoiced 6.25% Sales Tax. We cost (drop) ship world-wide via USPS, but will ship via other specified carriers and by your account number via pick-up service. We ship promptly in professional packaging. In office for questions 5am-3pm EST Mon-Sat @ (508) 867-3434 (calls returned on complete messages including book title or number) or 24/7 secure fax. Notify us of intent to return within 3 days of receipt in original packaging and matching post. On March 31 2018 (9-3) we will be at Flamingo Eventz Boxborough (MA) Paper Town with bindings and cards. Hope to see you there
About the Seller
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts
About OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Rare, scarce, out-of-print books, ephemera, pamphlets, and selected periodicals in over 90 subject areas. Full bindery services by appointment, phone conference or email (Rebacking, full bindings, boxes and slipcases, restoration); Appraisals for indivicuals and institutions. We also offer unique blank cards created from recycled book illustrations. We ship promptly in professional packaging and update our databases nightly. Mail order and internet sales only. In office for questions 5am-3pm EST, Mon-Sat @ (508) 867-3434 (calls returned on complete messages incluing book title or number) or 24/7 secure fax. Doing business since 1994, SNEAB (formerly MARIAB) Member. Blank note card enclosed with every order.
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