Frontier Ballads, Signed (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near FINE. A Near FINE tight copy in a VG+ bright dj. Inscribed & signed by the author. , 1st Edition.

Hardcover. First Edition. No. 42/201 copies signed by author and artist and with an original woodcut. Quarter vellum with paper spine label. Glue stain from price sticker and another light stain, both on front board, else a VG+ copy. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto. 8 x 10 in. 181 pp. Illustrated with original woodcuts by Honore. Very good in quarter parchment paper with brown paper boards, top edge gilt, some toning to spine and page edges. From a limited edition of 201 copies, of which this is number 65. Signed by Charles Finger and inscribed by Paul Honore on the colophon. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. #177 of 201 deluxe copies. Signed by Charles Finger and Paul Honore. Original Signed woodcut of a pirate tipped in. Quarter parchment paper with brown paper boards has some discoloration. Light edge wear to covers. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover; otherwise pages clean. Binding tight. #L2. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near fine. First edition. Signed limited first edition of this collection of songs from the American frontier - featuring four stunning full color and numerous black-and-white woodcut illustrations by Honoré. Copy #166 from a total edition of 201. It includes an additional illustration unaccounted for in the index. 9.75'' x 7.75''. Original brown paper boards backed in tan paper, stamped gilt border, brown paper label with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Gilt topstain, deckle fore-edge. Illustrated throughout. 181, [3] pages. A few leaves unopened. Signed by Finger and Honoré on limitation page. Book with some toning to spine and rubbing to label, couple tiny spots of soil. Interior with a couple leaves with small creases or closed tears, else fresh and bright. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Woodcut decorations by Paul Honoré. Quarter parchment and papercovered boards. Tear along the edge of the front joint, very good lacking the slipcase. Copy number 55 of 201 deluxe copies signed by Charles Finger and Paul Honore, and with an original Signed woodcut of a pirate tipped in.

Hardcover. Condition: good plus. First edition. 21 x 13.5 cm. Color pictorial covers 91pp. Taped on the front free endpaper is slip of paper inscribed, dated and signed by author (Joe Hanson). Laid in are two folded typed poems signed by author - (Joseph Mills Hanson). Color plates and drawings by Maynard Dixon Front gutter shows some wear. Some rubbing at spine. Uncommon work.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Paul Honore (illustrator). 1st Edition. Copyright Date Is 1927, First Edition, First Printing. Signed First Edition. Frontier Ballads Heard And Gathered By Charles J. Finger With Woodcuts By Paul Honore. Doubleday Page & Company Garden City New York 1927 181 Numbered Pages. Book Plate Of Fred And Maude Black. Inscribed To Fred Black By Both Charles J. Finger And Paul Honore. Please See All Photos For More Details And Condition. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. One of 201 deluxe copies signed by Charles Finger and Paul Honore, and tipped in is an original woodcut of a pirate. ÒSongs from Lawless Lands with some of their tunes as heard and set down by Charles J. Finger, many here printed for the first time, together with a true account of the manner of their singing by gold hunters in the Andes, men on shipboard, hard-cases who were beach combers, fellows in the calaboose, South Sea smugglers, sealers, bartenders, and some who have since achieved fameÓ. About fine with the gilt edge still bright and in the original publisherÕs slipcase, which has some edge wear.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Trade Edition. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at dedication page in blue ink -"And now, Margaret, here's another of those books so gaily planned." CJF" . Tipped in at rear end page is the author's original manuscript in black ink of his recording of the songs Doo Me Ama and The Female Smuggler, which is printed in facsimile in the book at page 4, where Finger states at bottom page 3 and top of p. 4 "Such notes as I made were made furtively, and as this book aims to set forth things correctly by way of showing how I made my notes in places where blank paper was scarce, here is a facsimile." And indeed, the music for those two songs was written on the back of a letter, (6' x 7 3/4" with ragged edges) dated 10 Mars. (March) '90 (1890), presumably sent to Finger by an unknown writer, which includes part of the lyrics for the French folksong Les Trois Hussards. Additionally laid in is a publisher's 3 1/4' x 5 1/2' advertising card for the book The Incredible Marquis : Alexander Dumas by Herbert Goodman. In 1889, at age twenty Finger began to travel extensively, visiting first Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia. In Chapter One at ps. 15-20 he starts the book with his description of recording these two songs - "Aboard the three-master, "The Fairy Queen", .Bill Curzon, who was a sailor of the old school, sang a song called Doo Me Ama, a ballad with a faint Rabelaisian flavour about it ". Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and decorations front cover and spine, Near Fine, small rubs at corners, in a Very Good dust jacket, spine sunned, small chips at edges. A remarkable Presentation Copy of the First Trade Edition. While Finger is best remembered for his 1925 Newberry Medal Winner "Tales From Silver Lands", his contributions to folklore were also considerable and he numbered Carl Sandburg among his friends and supporters. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Book.

Doubleday Page & Co: Garden City 1927. Woodcuts by Paul Honore, 10 x 8", two-tone boards, 181 w/index, teg, very minor spot on spine, spine very slightly darkened else nice in incomplete slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 201 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST.

FINGER, CHARLES J. Frontier Ballads. Garden City, 1927. 181 p. Colored woodcuts by Paul Honore. White japan vellum spine soiled and somewhat foxed, else a very good copy in a worn but solid publisher's box. One of 201 numbered copies, signed by Finger and Honore and with an additional plate signed by Honore tipped in.