He Was Singin' This Song: A Collection of Forty-eight Traditional Songs of the American Cowboy with Words, Music, Pictures and Stories.
by TINSLEY, Jim Bob
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Gainsville: University Press of Florida, (1981). First edition. Tall quarto. xiv, 255, [1] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration , dust jacket with photographic image. A fine copy.Jacket blurb; "This book is musical and historical narrative of the Old West. These 48 annotated songs are authentic examples of the popular music of the era, handed down from one cowpoke to another as they roamed the range, sometimes changing or adding lyrics as the song was passed along."
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70469
- Title
- He Was Singin' This Song: A Collection of Forty-eight Traditional Songs of the American Cowboy with Words, Music, Pictures and Stories.
- Author
- TINSLEY, Jim Bob
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Place of Publication
- Gainsville
- Date Published
- (1981)
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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