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Minstrelsy:

(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 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 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)
$950.00 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