New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For David Pete Seeger." Seeger has also drawn a picture of a banjo. Edited by Jo Metclaf Schwartz. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. American Folk singer Pete Seeger has won copious awards, including the 1993 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the 1994 National Medal of Arts, the 1996 Harvard Arts Medal, and the 2008 Grammy Award. In 1996, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Incompleat Folksinger reflects on a magnanimous career and why, despite decades of work and travel that have made him famous, he remains forever in tune with the folk. "Any fool can get complicated," he writes. "We are born in simplicity but die of complications.

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Bookseller: Raptis Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 133172
Title: The Incompleat Folksinger.
Author: Seeger, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1972
Keywords: Pete Seeger First Edition Signed

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