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Minstrels:

(music). THE SCOTTISH MINSTREL NO. 1, NO. 2, NO. 3, NO. 4
Baltimore n.d (c.1850) George Willig & Co. 4 Airs, music only, no text. Oblong large octavo, 82pp., original printed boards with later paper spine. Good plus. (a56113)
$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. Fair, quite worn. Rare. 2 titles. (a61259)
$120.00 Knight, Lucian lamar . STONE MOUNTAIN OR THE LAY OF THE GRAY MINSTREL AN EPIC POEM IN TWENTY-FOUR PARTS
Atlanta 1923 1st Johnson-Dallas. Author State Historian of Georgia. Hardcover. Octavo, 277pp., 23 plates, gilt printed brwon cloth. Bookplate of Andrew Montague. VG, corners gently bumped, no DJ. (a75998)
$25.00 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)
$39.00 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 Wehman Bros . TRAMP JOKES MONOLOGUES AND RECITATIONS
New York 1908 first edition Wehman. Minstrel vaudeville humor. 5 x 4 inches, 58p., ads, wraps with bright colorful picture of smoking minstrel on front. Good. text toned and somewhat brittle. (a84280)
$65.00Minstrel Broadside. EMERSON'S MEGATHERIAN MINSTRELS!
Chicago c.1879. Original broadside advertising Chicago Minstrel Show. 10 inches tall by 4-1/2 inches wide. Printed on one side only. Program for minstrel show under management of Mr. R. M. Hooley of Hooley's Theatre, Chicago. 65 lines of text. Actors listed include Geo H. Coes, Billy Emerson, Burt Haverly, J. G. Parks, Chas V. Seamon, Luke Schoolcraft, Wally Gibbs, L. E. Leary, Ed Girard, C. F. Shattuck, others. Good, small stain on lower end. Paperback ephemera. Picture available on request. Guranteed original edition. (a84441)
$100.00de Vere, William. DE VERE'S NEGRO SKETCHES END-MEN'S GAGS AND CONUNDRUMS
Chicago 1946 first edition. Powner. small octavo, 129pp., wraps. Good, pages browned. Not much wear, no tears, no chips. no owner marks. Yellow cover with two rows of minstrel faces with exaggerated red lips . (mu90)
$35.00