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Gilpin, Pete and George Stephens . BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD "MINSTREL OF THE APPALACHIANS" HIS BALLADS & HIS FOLK SONGS, HIS MOUNTAIN SQUARE DANCING
Asheville 1966 1st Stephens Press. Some songs with lyrics and score. Octavo, 64pp., photo illustrations, pictorial wraps. Near Fine. (a80991)
$44.00 Alley, J. P. (James Pinckney Alley 1885-1934) . HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS
Memphis 1919 (copyright). Copyrighted and published by Jahl & Co.�With an introduction by Sara Beaumont Kennedy. Oblong quarto with pictorial wraps (bust of grinning dark faced minstrel smoking a pipe with red and black lettering. Includes photo illustration of Alley and his son. Black and local Tennessee humor done with cartoons, each showing a caricature African American man speaking in heavy dialect. Racist and completely politically incorrect but of considerable historical interest . Introduction reads: The Negro of the South lives close to the soil and retains his racial originaliy - his superstitions, his quaint idiosyncrasies of thought and action. Such a Negro is Hambone, chosen by Mr. J. P. Alley as the original of his delightful cartoons. He is a clearcut type of the old time darky, unspoiled by the equality ideas of the younger generation about him. Near Fine, just some even toning of cover. Rare, especially in this excellent condition. (a77558)
$2450.00 Foster, Stephen C. . OLD DOG TRAY SUNG BY CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS
NY 1853 (copyright) Firth Pond. Fosters American Melodies No. 21. Sheet music for voice and piano. Lg.4to., 5p., wraps with later paper spine. Good, light wear and light soiling. (a77349)
$45.00 (minstrels) . TWO ETHIOPIAN FARCES - MISHAPS OF CAESAR CRUM ; DESDEMONUM
New York c. 1874. Happy Hours Company. 2 titles. 12mo., 14pp., 8pp., later wraps. Original pages professionally relaid. Good, somewhat worn. Rare. 2 titles. (a61259)
$195.00 (minstrel) . NEW MINSTREL JOKES NO. 7 CONTAINING A SELECT COLLECTION OF THE LATEST CONUNDRUMS JOKES MONOLOGUES GAGS CROSS FIRES STORIES AND ETC (SIC) USED BY ALL THE LEADING MINSTRELS OF THE DAY
Baltimore 1913 (copyright) L & M Ottenheimer. 12mo., 58pp., original color wraps showing two black minstrels playing a banjo and a guitar. Good, leaves browned but legible and not brittle, top corner of front and rear wraps chipped. (a59975)
$75.00 Wehman Bros . DARKEY JOKES AND FUNNY STORIES
NY 1916 (copyright) Wehman Bros. 16mo., 58pp., original color wraps showing two blackface minstrels , AfroAmerican caricatures. Good plus, leaves browned but legible and not brittle, corners chipped. Very scarce. Original printing, not a reprint. (a59974)
$75.00