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Bullen, A. H.
Speculum Amantis : Love Poems from Rare Songbooks and Miscellanies of the Seventeenth Century
Publisher: Privately Printed; London: 1902.
Good+ with no dust jacket Hardcover 129 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Dark steel-blue cloth, gilt spine lettering and decor, top edge gilt, heavy laid paper throughout, footnotes, about 110 poems of a rather racy nature. Poems only. No tunes. ; Reprint of 1889 original. Limited edition stated. Author warns that some of the lyrics contained herein may 'bring a blush to a fair nymph's cheek', or 'pass the bounds of conventional propriety'. ; Pages a bit yellowed from age. Gift note dated 1926 penned on front free endpaper. Cloth discolored on upper part of front board. Many leaves unopened. Binding tight. Scarce.
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AUD 23.19 | CAD 24.87 | EUR 18.60 | GBP 15.93 | JPY 2,181.82 | MXN 266.67 | ZAR 240.00 |
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Item number: 10977.
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Randolph, Vance, edited by G. Legman
Roll Me in Your Arms : Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore, Volume 1, Folksongs and Music
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press; Fayetteville, Ark: 1992.
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket First Edition Hardcover ISBN: 1557282315 581 pages; 4to (11") 28cm; Dark blue cloth, index, discography, 180 ribald folklore songs with lyrics, tunes, guitar chords, piano parts and historical notes, many also with two or three variants. ; Collected 1915-1955. Superb introduction by Legman detailing history of prudish collectors 'laundering' erotic folkore. ; Small price sticker on inside rear flap, as issued. Minor wear. No marks. Binding tight. Scarce.
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AUD 91.79 | CAD 98.45 | EUR 73.64 | GBP 63.04 | JPY 8,636.36 | MXN 1,055.56 | ZAR 950.00 |
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Item number: 2790.
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Shay, Frank Illustrated by: Illustrated by John Held Jr.
Drawn from the Wood : Consolations in Words and Music for Pious Friends and Drunken Companions
Publisher: Macaulay Company; N. Y. : 1929.
Very Good with no dust jacket Second Edition; Fourth Printing Hardcover 186 pages; 8vo (9") 21cm; Green cloth, brown illustrated endpapers (one nude) plus numerous folksy b/w woodcut illustrations in text, appendix of drink recipes, about 75 old drinking and barroom songs both folklore and composed, most with tunes. ; New updated edition of 'My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions', 1928. Musical arrangements 'for any degree of inebriety' by Helen Ramsey. One of the best books of drinking songs ever published. (We have two units of this title, the second is G only, no illustrated endpapers) ; Cloth tanned on spine and around edges. A few pages have faint thumb smudges. Cloth worn at ends of spine. Binding tight and square. Scarce. ; Wood block print
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AUD 53.14 | CAD 56.99 | EUR 42.64 | GBP 36.50 | JPY 5,000.00 | MXN 611.11 | ZAR 550.00 |
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Item number: 6166.
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