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Orono, Maine: Maine Folklife Center, 2011. First Edition . Audio Book (DVD). Fine. Northeast Folklore, Volume XLIV. viii, 346 pp. Trade paperback. Includes compact disc with ballads. This long lost work represents an important chapter in the history of folk song scholarship and sheds light on the thinking of Phillips Barry and his collaborators about folk songs, such as the origins, re-creations, textural patterns and singing styles of the songs. Barry laid important groundwork in folk song scholarship; this volume is a significant addition to his work, and includes Barry's extensive discussion of Child in the introduction. The many songs included in this volume, with musical notations, are a major contribution from Fannie Eckstorm and Mary Smyth's primary informants, especially Susie Carr Young, Annie V. Marston, J.P. A. Nesbitt, Horace Priest and Mrs. James McGill. Fine.

New York: David McKay Co., 1951. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 322pp. Fifth Edition. Presentation copy, inscription reads, "For Charlotte Ingram, Cordially Yours, Jessica Dragonette." VG+/VG

New York: Simon and Schuster,, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/GVG. Paul Bacon. 223 pp with Index of First Lines and Index of Songs. Green paper-covered boards, blue cloth spine embossed in green. Very slight curve to boards. Dustjacket has wear to edges, corners, and spine edges but no tears or creases.

Belfast: Balladeers Press, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McSorley, John. 31pp. Words to 16 songs, b/w drawings. Scarce

New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2001. Review Copy . Hardcover. GVG/GVG. xiv, 384 pp, with bibliography, index. Lower section of spine bumped- probably fell off a shelf at one point; book appears to have been in fine condition previously. Dustjacket reflects same incident: rumpled lower section of spine and torn tail edge. Review stamp on title page.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. GVG/Good-. Translated from the German, edited with commentaries. 160 pp, with appendix. Red cloth, spine title gilt. Would be Very Good except the binding is warped. Dustjacket is sunned, with one closed tear, and a 1" chip out of the front. Inscribed on title page "For Deana & Charles Bell - hoping that they will soon return to Sewanee. Thad Lockard Sewanee 7 April '80". From the library of Charles Bell, writer, poet, and Rhodes scholar. Raised in Greenville, Mississippi, Bell's schoolmates included Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. Bell's Greenville, Mississippi, childhood included classmates Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land, Houghton Mifflin, 1962, was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels, and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History".

Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 363, [1] pp. Forward by Anthony Tommasini. Includes index. Page is a former music critic for the Washington Post; this collection includes some of the pieces that won him the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Inscribed by Page on the title page.

Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover Gutta Percha. Fine/Near Fine. xv, 262 pp. Original papers from 24 Chinese and Western scholars written for a symposium presented by the International Society for the Study of Time. Includes bibliographic notes at the end of each paper. With notes on contributors. Previous owner's blind embossed stamp on ffep.

Cherryfield, Maine: Self Published, 1978. First Edition, Third Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. [viii], 92 pp. Illustrated with map, b&w photos. "This man of many careers writes autobiographically with emphasis on his more than sixty-two jam-packed years as a dance band musician." From the Library of Edward "Sandy" Ives, writer, singer, anthropologist, and authority on the folksongs and folklore of Maine and Maritime Canada. Ives was the founder and Director of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History and the editor of its annual publication, Northeast Folklore. Inscribed by the author on title page: "To: Professor "Sandy" Ives. In Appreciation. Very Best Wishes! Charlie Wakefield 12/12/80". See our Catalog "Ives, Edward" for more books from his collection. VG

London: Oxford University Press for the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. xxii, 312 pp. Blue cloth with title gilt on front and spine. Folio. Volume IX Includes bibliographic material, appendix, and words of motets. Although Byrd was Roman Catholic, Queen Elizabeth I and James I were patrons. An organist at Kings Chapel, Byrd also wrote and performed sacred works for his fellow recusant Catholics. Andrew Carnegie endowed the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, which financed the work of collection and publication in ten volumes of all surviving complete works by English composers of church music in the 16th and early 17th centuries. From the library of Charles Bell, with his name on the ffep. A writer, poet, and Rhodes Scholar, Bell took a degree in English during his 3 years at Oxford, and indulged a deep interest in early music. Spine is sun faded, and 1/8 inch of the top and bottom of the spine cloth has worn away. GVG Oversize book: overseas… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1939. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. xliii, 316 pp. Mediaeval Academy of America, Publication No. 36, Studies and Documents, No. 3. With 8 black and white plates, bibliography, and cross-reference table of Landini's works. Annotated scores. From the library of Charles Bell, with Bell's name on front cover and title page with some margin notes in text. Bell, a writer, poet and scholar; grew up in Greenville, Mississippi with Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land, Houghton Mifflin, 1962, was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels, and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History". Spine yellowed and edges frayed. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.