Jamaican Song and Story: annancy stories, digging sings, dancing tunes and ring tunes
by Jekyll, Walter, ed
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- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
New York: Dover Publications, 1966. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. A fine, important work of ethnomusicology, from the personal library of Dr. Art Lehmann, author of Magic, Witchcraft and Religion. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, with some creased glossy pictorial wraps, six pages of penned notes up front, thereafter being a clean text. New introductory essays by Philip Sherlock, Louise Bennett and Rex Nettleford. lii [2], 2-188 pp. + a list of other, related Dover publications. Unabridge and unaltered republication of the true First Edition of 1907, and with three new essays.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351550
- Title
- Jamaican Song and Story: annancy stories, digging sings, dancing tunes and ring tunes
- Author
- Jekyll, Walter, ed
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 12mo 7" - 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Walter Jekyll Philip Sherlock Louise Bennett Rex Nettleford ethnomusicology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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