Description: I have here for sale a book entitled THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO SPIRITUALS, edited with an introduction by James Weldon Johnson. Musical arrangements by J Rosamond Johnson, with additional numbers by Lawrence Brown. First edition published by Chapman & Hall Ltd, London in 1926. This books features 61 songs written as sheet music with lyrics preceded by a preface giving the history of the spirituals. Songs include Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Joshua Fit de Battle Ob Jerico, Somebody's Knockin' at Yo' Do', Roll de Ol' Chariot Along, Father Abraham, and Weary Traveller.Brown hardboards with gilt lettering to the spine. Scuffed to head and tail. Spotting to page edges and foxing to first few pages. All others clean. Binding firm. 187 pages, 26 x 20 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy.Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 14.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2025-01-23T15:59:24.000Z
Shipping Cost: 38.78 GBP
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Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Hardback
Non-Fiction Subject: Music
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Fiction Subject: Poetry, Theatre & Scripts
Region: North America
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
Publisher: CHAPMAN & HALL LTD
Year Printed: 1926
Original/Facsimile: Original