Search Results: folk songs from newfoundland by karpeles maud

CT: Archon Books, 1970. first american edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. 6 x 10 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, minimal wear. Binding tight. Minor fixing to upper text edge. Text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; very clean, not clipped, minimal edge wear. Hist. Stax.

Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1970. 340, Bright green cloth, gilt lettering on the spine.As new in as new jacket in mylar sleeve. Maud Karpeles, who at an earlier date had accompanied Cecil Sharp in his collecting expeditions in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, spent about fourteen weeks in Newfoundland during 1929 and 1930. She visited some forty of the small settlements, or outports as they are called, which are dotted along the coasts; and the result of this expedition was a superlatively rich and varied collection of songs and ballads. . Ninety of these songs, or 150 tunes including variants, are presented in this book together with notes and commentaries on the songs and an introductory chapter in which the collector gives an account of her travels.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Thick Octavo.

hamden: Archon Books, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First US Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettered green cloth in decorative dust jacket. Nice copy with small tear to dj at bottom edge..