Adventures of a Ballad Hunter by JOHN A. LOMAX SIGNED First Edition 1947 1st

Adventures of a Ballad Hunter by John A. Lomax Sketches by Ken Chamberlain Signed first edition of the famous musicologist's memoirs. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947.

Orignal red cloth stamped in black, sans jacket. Signed in the year of publication on the half title page, Yours sincerely, / John A. Lomax / Lubbock, Texas, / April 27, 1947. The local paper corroborates him visiting town that day.

Former owner's bookplate at front. Good+ condition with slightly bowed boards, faded spine, small stain on front cover. The pioneering American musicologist and folklorist's memoirs, published around a year before his death.

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• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Biography & Autobiography
• Topic: Ethnomusicology
• Special Attributes: 1st Printing
• Origin: American
• Year Printed: 1947
• Author: John A. Lomax
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: New York
• Language: English
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Region: North America
• Illustrator: Ken Chamberlain