AFRICAN DANCES OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLD MINES
by TRACEY, Hugh
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- Hardcover
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1952. SEVERN, Merlyn. TRACEY, Hugh. AFRICAN DANCES OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLD MINES. Illustrated by Merlyn Severn. Johannesburg, South Africa: African Music Society, 1952. Small quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed inscription by Tracey on the title page: "Hugh Tracey, January 9th, 1953." With "Autograph Copy" written on the front endpaper and bearing the personal bookplate of Genevieve Jackson Beckwith, the first Regent of the Tisbury Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Maine. Also with a 1953 performance schedule on Native Inter-Tribal Dances tipped to the verso of the front endpaper- at the bottom stating "The Public Is Requested Not To Throw Money At The Dancers." Very Good (covers little bowed & bumped); little rubbing (short tears & nicks) d/j. $150.00.
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- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 894
- Title
- AFRICAN DANCES OF THE WITWATERSRAND GOLD MINES
- Author
- TRACEY, Hugh
- Illustrator
- SEVERN, Merlyn
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1952
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- Rubbing
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