Blues: An Anthology. Complete Words and Music of 53 Great Songs

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972. First printing of this edition, originally published by Albert & Charles Boni in 1926. Quarto (28.5cm); tan cloth, with titles stamped in metallic blue on spine; dustjacket; 224pp; illus. Hint of a forward lean, else Near Fine and clean throughout. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95), lightly shelfworn, with one short tear, some rubbing to spine ends and a vertical crease running the length of the front flap; Very Good+. Reissue of Handy's highly-regarded 1926 volume on the blues, containing lyrics and music to 53 songs inspired by the folk melodies heard up and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Critical (truncated) text by Abbe Niles, with illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. (Inventory #: 29659)