Adventures of a Ballad Hunter

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); brick red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in navy blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv,302,[2]pp; illus. Faint, scattered moisture staining to cloth, lower corners bumped, with light wear to extremities, and foxing to upper edge of textblock, and early owners inked name to front pastedown; contents clean; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75), showing modest wear and dust-soil, several nicks, tears, and attendant creases, shallow dampstaining along the lower edge (most noticeable on verso), with three clear tape mends on verso; Very Good. (truncated) The pioneering musicologist and folklorist's penultimate book, chonicling his years of travel across the American landscape, collecting and recording the songs that Americans sing. His field recordings of work songs, cowboy songs, reels, ballads, and blues, was instrumental in preserving and popularizing various styles of American folk music. (Inventory #: 60439)