The American Songbag
by Carl Sandburg
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Poulsbo, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Black covers with bold orange lettering and blind stamp of Sandburg bust. Covers are clean with tight spine and light bumping on the corners.
Pages are very clean with red edges on three sides and no markings noted, except for penciled price erasures on the FFEP.
Synopsis
Famous poet Carl Sandburg was also a collector of American folk music. He compiled around 290 songs in this anthology, which contains singable words and music, including harmonies or accompaniment. Some some titles include: "No More Booze (Fireman Save My Child)" / "Driving Saw-Logs on the Plover" / 'The Foggy Dew' / 'Barbara Allen' / 'As I Was Walkin' Down Wexford Street' / 'Pretty Polly' / 'The House Carpenter' / 'The E-RI-E' / 'The Ballad Of De Boll Weevil' / 'The Buffalo Skinners' / 'Turkey In The Straw' / "When The Curtains Of Night Are Pinned Back'
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Details
- Bookseller
- HLP Songs & Ballads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ANH0001
- Title
- The American Songbag
- Author
- Carl Sandburg
- Format/Binding
- Binding is original and intact
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 3.75 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthology - Hardcover; Ballad & Folk Song;
- Size
- 8 x 10 1/2
Terms of Sale
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