Fireside Book of Folk Songs

Simon and Schuster, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. Third printing. Songs selected by Margaret Bradford Boni and arranged for piano by Norman Lloyd. Wonderful full color and two-color illustrations by Alice and Martin Probensen. All pages and end pages are still attached to binding, and binding has not separated, everything is intact. Faded green boards, cloth spine is tanned. Book has seen much use over the years and spent time on many piano music stands/holders, which has worn the paper board covers through around all edges, front and back. Cardboard exposed on all corners. Top and bottom of spine are bumped and lightly worn through. The pages are free of notations, or owners name on end sheets. Erased price mark on FFE. Toned pages. Decorated end papers. Categories of pieces include: Ballads and Old Favorites, Work Songs, Marching Songs and Songs of Valor, Old Hymns and Spirituals. Each section is prefaced by factoids and interesting tidbits about history of the types of songs. To sum, very worn, bumped, and scraped board edges. Fading to board covers. Yellowed pages and text block. Binding intact and not separated from headband. All pages intact and not falling out. Nice folk song history and readable copy.