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ABRAHAMS, Roger D. 1970. POSITIVELY BLACK.. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey..1076-USA-AFR. PB 205x140 177pp music. BIBLIOG BLUES LANGUAGE NEGRO POETRY SOCIOLOGY SONG STORY. USA

ACKERMAN, Paul. 1965. FOLK BLUES.. ARC Music, New York/ Jewel Music, London.. 2882-USA-AFR. PB 230x150 144pp music. BLUES COMPOSITION SONG. USA

ALBERTSON, Chris. 1972. BESSIE. Biography of Bessie Smith. Barrie & Jenkins, London.. 2562-USA-AFR. HB DC 230x150 253pp photos. BIBLIOG BLUES DISCOG HISTORY PERFORMING POPULAR. USA

ALBERTSON & SCHULLER, Chris & Gunther. 1975. BESSIE SMITH. Empress of the Blues. Macmillan, New York.. 2260-USA-AFR. HB DC 280x210 144pp photos music piano. BIOG BLUES DISCOG PIANO STUDY VOCAL. USA

ALLEN, WARE, GARRISON, William Francis, Charles Pickard, Lucy McKim. 1867/1965. SLAVE SONGS OF THE UNITED STATES.. A Simpson/ Oak, New York.. 4151-USA-AFR. PB 305x225 176pp music chords & piano accomp. GOSPEL NEGRO RELIGION SONG. USA GEORGIA S-CAROLINA

ASCH & LOMAX, Moses & Alan. 1962/71. LEADBELLY SONGBOOK, THE. Ballads, Blues & Folksongs of Hudie Ledbetter. Oak, New York/ Music Sales, London.. 2209-USA-AFR. PB 235x155 96pp drwgs photos music chords. BLUES COMPOSITION GUITAR PRISON SONG. USA

CHAPMAN, Abraham. 1971/1973. STEAL AWAY. Slaves Tell Their Own Story. Praeger Publ, New York/ Ernest Benn London.. 2652-USA-AFR. HB DC 220x140 182pp. BIBLIOG NEGRO SLAVERY. USA

CHARTERS, Samuel B. 1959. COUNTRY BLUES, THE.. Oak, New York.. 0818- USA-AFR. HB 220x140 203pp photos/ Front cover & title page missing. BIOG BLUES DISCOG NEGRO PERFORMING SOCIOLOGY. USA

CHARTERS, Samuei. 1963. POETRY OF THE BLUES, THE.. Oak, New York.. 1634-USA-AFR. PB 220x140 111pp b/w photos. BLUES NEGRO POETRY SONG. USA

CHARTERS, Samuel. 1967. BLUESMEN, THE.. Oak, New York.. 4160-USA-AFR. HB DC 260x280 224pp photos maps music. BLUES DISCOG HISTORY PERFORMING. USA

CHARTERS, Samuel. 1973. ROBERT JOHNSON.. Oak, New York/ Music Sales, London.. 2114-USA-AFR. PB 255x180 88pp photos music chords. GUITAR JOHNSON PERFORMING SONG. USA MISSISSIPPI

CLARK, Rogie. 1957. COPPER SUN - a collection of Negro Folk Songs.. Theodore Presser Co, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA. purch Gloucester 1995. 1740-USA-AFR. PB 350x227 48pp 16ss voice & piano. BLUES CREOLE JUBA NEGRO PRISON RAILWAY SONG WORK. USA

COURLANDER, Harold. 1960. NEGRO SONGS FROM ALABAMA. Music Transcribed by John Benson Brooks. Author.. 2811-USA-AFR. PB 280x215 76pp music. CALLING CHILDREN GAMES GOSPEL NEGRO SONG. USA ALABAMA

COURLANDER, Harold. 1963. NEGRO FOLK MUSIC, USA.. Columbia Univ Press, New York.. 2958-USA-AFR. HB DC 235x150 324pp music. ANTHEM BALLAD BLUES CHILDREN DANCE DRUMS GAMES NEGRO SONG SPRITUAL WORK. USA

DORSON, Richard M. 1936/1967. AMERICAN NEGRO FOLKTALES.. Harvard Univ/ Fawcett Books, New York.. 1071-USA-AFR. PB 180x105 384pp. BIBLIOG TYPE-INDEX NEGRO STORY STUDY. USA

DUNDES, Alan. 1973. MOTHER WIT FROM THE LAUGHING BARREL. Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey.. 1080-USA-AFR. PB 240x160 673pp. BIBLIOG BLUES CRIES DISCOG COMPOSITION FOLKLORE HUMOUR JAZZ JOKES LANGUAGE NEGRO POETRY SOCIOLOGY STORY. USA

FERNETT, Gene. 1970/93. SWING OUT. Great Negro Dance Bands. Da Capo, NY. Purch from David Bland 1996. 1809-A4 PB 270x200 photos. USA. BAND DANCE JAZZ NEGRO

FORREST, Hamilton (arr). 1951. HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS. From Marion Kerby Collection of Negro Exaltations. Mills Music, London. purch Gloucester 1995. 1795-E12. SM 280x215 6pp voice & piano. NEGRO SONG SPIRITUAL. USA

JOHNSON, Robert. 1969. KING OF THE DELTA BLUES.. Immediate Music, London.. 2022-USA-AFR. PB 220x140 61pp music. BLUES COMPOSITION NEGRO SONG. USA MISSISSIPPI

JONES, Le Roi. 1963. BLUES PEOPLE. Negro Music in White America. William Morrow, New York.. 1077-USA-AFR. PB210x125 244pp. BLUES JAZZ POPULAR RELIGION SLAVERY SOCIOLOGY SWING. USA

JONES & HAWES, Bessie & Bess Lomax. 1972. STEP IT DOWN. Games, Plays, Songs & Stories from the Afro-American Heritage. Harper & Bow, New York.. 1063-USA-AFR. HB DC 235x150 233pp music/ signed by author. BIBLIOG CHILDREN DANCE DISCOG GAME NEGRO SONG STORY STUDY. USA

LEADBETTER & SLAVEN, Mike & Neil. 1968. BLUES RECORDS: January 1943 - December 1966.. Hanover, London.. 4130-USA-AFR. HB 220x140 383pp. BANDS BIOG BLUES DISCOG PERFORMING. USA

LOMAX Alan. 1952. MISTER JELLY ROLL:. The Fortunes of a New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz". Cassell, London.. 0382-USA-AFR. HB DC 220x135 296pp drwgs/mus. BANDS BIOG DISCOG JAZZ MUSIC NEGRO PIANO SOCIOLOGY. USA NEW-ORLEANS

LOMAX, John A & Alan. 1959. LEADBELLY:. A Collection of World Famous Songs by Huddie Ledbetter. Folkways Music, New York.. 0408-USA-AFR. PB 240x150 80pp music. COMPOSITION GUITAR NEGRO PRISON SONG. USA

MAJOR, Clarence. 1970/71. BLACK SLANG:. A Dictionary of Afro-American Talk. International Publ, NY/ Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.. 1014- USA-AFR. PB 185x125 127pp. BIBLIOG DICTIONARY LANGUAGE NEGRO REFERENCE SLANG. USA

NATHAN, Hans. 1962/77. DAN EMETT AND THE RISE OF EARLY NEGRO MINSTRELSY. Revised (2nd Printing). Univ of Oklahoma Press, Norman.. 2625-USA-AFR. PB 240x120 498pp music/plates. BANJO DANCE MINSTREL NEGRO POPULAR PERFORMANCE SONG THEATRE. USA

OAKLEY, Giles. 1976/1983. DEVIL'S MUSIC, THE: A History of the Blues.. Ariel/ BBC, London.. 2942-USA-AFR. PB 200x120 287pp photos. BIBLIOG BIOG BLUES DISCOG HISTORY NEGRO SLAVERY. USA

OLIVER, Paul. 1968. SCREENING THE BLUES:. Aspects of the Blues Tradition. Cassell, London.. 0837-USA-AFR. HB DC 210x135 294pp Signed by author. BIBLIOG BLUES DISCOG NEGRO POETRY SOCIOLOGY STUDY. USA

OLIVER, Paul. 1968/70. ASPECTS OF THE BLUES TRADITION. (Originally titled:"Screening the Blues"). Oak, New York.. 3078-USA-AFR. HB DC 215x135 294pp. BIBLIOG BLUES DISCOG NEGRO POETRY SOCIOLOGY STUDY. USA

OLIVER, Paul. 1969/70. STORY OF THE BLUES, THE.. Barrie & Jenkins, London.. 4016-USA-AFR. HB DC 300x215 176pp photos maps. BLUES HISTORY PERFORMING RADIO RECORDING STUDY. USA

OLIVER, Paul. 1982. EARLY BLUES SONGBOOK.. Wise Publ, New York. signed by author. 2897-USA-AFR. PB 305x225 192pp photos music chords some piano. BIBLIOG BLUES DISCOG HISTORY PERFORMING STUDY. USA

OLIVER, Paul. 1984. SONGSTERS AND SAINTS. Vocal Traditions on Race Records. Cambridge Univ Press.. 1657-USA-AFR. HB DC 230x150 334pp photos. BALLADS BIBLIOG BLUES DISCOG PERFORMERS RECORDING SONG. USA

SILVERMAN, Jerry. 1958. FOLK BLUES.. Oak, New York/ Music Sales, London.. 2150-USA-AFR. PB 280x215 207pp photos piano chords. BIBLIOG BLUES DISCOG GUITAR PIANO SONG. USA

 
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