HAMPTON AND ITS STUDENTS.
by Armstrong, Mrs. M. F. and Helen W. Ludlow,
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in original green cloth with gold lettering. (top edge slightly bumped, a bit of wear to head of spine and usual light
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About This Item
New York:: Putnam,, 1874.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in original green cloth with gold lettering. (top edge slightly bumped, a bit of wear to head of spine and usual light toning to pages, but a tight, clean and very attractive copy) . First edition. Written by "two of its teachers." Includes "Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs" arranged by Thomas P. Fenner. Illustrated with a four-fold engraved frontispiece, depicting several of the school's buildings as seen from the water, and many other engravings. An interesting account of the school, including a brief history of Virginia and of slavery and its aftermath in that state, and one of the earliest publications of slave music. 255 pp plus index to cabin songs.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88764
- Title
- HAMPTON AND ITS STUDENTS.
- Author
- Armstrong, Mrs. M. F. and Helen W. Ludlow,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in original green cloth with gold lettering. (top edge slightly bumped, a bit of wear to head of spine and usual light
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Putnam,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1874.
- Keywords
- music, slave songs, education, south,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American History and nonfiction;
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