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PARRISH, Lydia (1871-1953). Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands. With an introduction by Olin Downes. New York: Creative Age Press, 1942.
Large 4to. Illustrated from photographs and music notes in the text. Original black cloth lettered in red and white, pictorial cover label, decorative endpapers (some rubbing at corners and ends).
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY PARRISH on the half-title. An important reference on the subject, documenting the religious African slave songs along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina.