Search Results: american negro songs and spirituals a by john w work

Crown, 1940. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown, 1940. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedVeryGood. wear and tear on dust jacket, otherwise clean copy

Bonanza, 1940, 1940-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Bonanza Books, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light blue cloth, lettered in black. Cover cloth shows foxing and flecking in some areas, with rubbed corners and spine extremities. Text block edges typically tanned, endpapers foxed. Firm binding, otherwise clean interior. Undated vintage Bonanza reprint edition. Color illus. dust jacket shows chipping, creasing and tearing along top edges, some handling wear, foxing to portions of front panel and to joints and flaps, now in mylar..

New York: Bonanza Books, 1940. (1940). Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. An unusually fresh copy in a Dust Jacket that is still bright and shiny. No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. A collection of 230 songs, with musical notation. Spirituals, blues, work songs, hollers, jubilees, social songs, etc. Includes a 46-page historical and critical introduction by the editor, a professor at Fisk University. Bibliography. Index. Original light blue cloth . Reprint. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. vii, 259pp .

Bonanza Books:, 1940. 259 pages, with a Bibliography. "Music played so important a part in African life that it is natural that the Negro continued his singing after reaching America." This book has six chapters: Origins, Spiritual, Blues, Work Songs, Social and Miscellaneous, the music scores and a Bibliography. VERY GOOD+ HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD+ DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bonanza, 1940. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Book shows light wear to HB covers, foxing at inside cover front and back, text block is not foxed, but slightly age-toned only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, save previous owner's name at front. Dust jacket is in tatters but still hanging together. Book is a collection of spirituals, blues, work songs, hollers, jubilees, and social songs with music and lyrics, 259 pages.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-03-01. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Crown. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (african american history, music)

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-03-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

New York: Bonanza Books, c 1940. Cloth with dustjacket, 27 cm, 259 pp. Text and scores. Dustjacket with a small hole. Cond.: goed / good. .

259 pages. 230 songs: spirituals, blues, work songs, hollers, jubilees, and social songs. Includes 40 page intoduction by JW Work on the origins and evolution of the music. Dust Jacket price-clipped and clean in a protective cover. Jacket is missing no pieces, though there are chips, creases and a few closed tears on the edges - most tears are less than ~1/4", however, a tear on the bottom front is ~2 1/2".Covers are very clean with square corners and very light wear on the spine ends. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings noted.

New.

Bonanza Books, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bonanza Books, New York, 1940 Cloth Book Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Ex-Library book with library marks, otherwise a clean, unmarked, well used book Dust Jacket in protective mylar and has a small tear near the front corner 259 pg . 230 religious and secular songs Explains the origins and nature of various types of Afro-American folk songs This book by Work did much to establish the Negro folk song as musical form A magnificent collection of genuine negro folk songs assembled by Dr John W Work of Fisk University "Here are the original, great and exalted spirituals, the true, sad and mournful Blues, the rhythmic work songs, the gay and high-hearted cake-walk and dance tunes, here is the unique and beautiful music of the American Negro" MT04

New.

Hbk, 318pp, an unread copy, excellent clean tight unmarked in fine, unclipped and sleeve-protected dj, as new

Paperback / softback. New.