Tambo and Bones by Wittke, Carl - 1930

Duke University Press, 1930. first edition. hardcover. very good: bright orange cloth boards, slightly bumped corners, owner's name on paste down, gift inscription on FFEP, several recto pages among first 100+pp. show evidence of erased pencil scribbling, worst example pictured. text is otherwise clean and readable, binding tight./good: faded and sunned, scuffed along edges and corners, NOT clipped ($2.50), small closed tear on bottom rear panel.. 8vo 267pp. an important work of American history. Wittke was a scholar specializing in ethnic history in America, especially of German Americans, but this book from earlier in his career is an important work in the history of minstrelsy in America, representing one of the first attempts at a comprehensive history of the origins of the practice of minstrelsy, synthesizing many early first hand accounts and sources. #00781.

Duke University Press, 1930. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. A lovely copy in dust jacket that has some edge wear and light soiling but is quite attractive, clean and fresh..

1930. WITTKE, Carl. Tambo and Bones: A History of the American Minstrel Stage. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1930. 1st ed. ix,269pp. Orig. pictorial cloth, priceclipped d/j. Very tiny chips to ends of d/j spine panel, else fine in fine d/j. Not in Blockson or Work.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1930. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 269pp.incl.index; HB orange w/blk.-pic.cover; slight rub&sun; bookplate; clean,tight pgs. DJ paleyellow w/blk.-pic.cover; some rub&soil w/wear,edges&corners; tp.spine w/chip; PONstamp,bk.flap; corner-cut. "A History of the American Minstrel Stage