London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Johnston, Frank H.. xxii, 105pp. Decorative illustration w titles for each piece of music. Erratum slip tipped in on dedication page. A number of newspaper clippings have also been neatly tipped in on the endpapers and page corresponding to the articles. These are very neatly done, none obscuring text, though they have darkened the paper against which each was placed. Gift inscription neatly inked on ffep. Dark khaki boards, beige spine, both w red lettering. No wear to covers or spine; binding square and sound. Printed DJ w red lettering and decorative border shows very shallow chipping to head and tail, 2cm chip to top back edge. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo. Songs selected and translated by J. Murray Gibbon; harmonizations by Geoffrey O'Hara and Oscar O'Brien. Decorations by Frank H. Johnston

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Bookseller: Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 047186
Title: Canadian Folk Songs (Old and New)
Author: Gibbon, J. Murray (ed)
Illustrator: Johnston, Frank H.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Place of Publication: London and Toronto
Date Published: 1927
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Keywords: Chansons folkloriques franc?aises Canada Folk songs, French Folk songs, French Canada NOISBN Folk & Traditional, History & Criticism
Bookseller catalogs: Performing Arts; Music;

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