Davis Jr Editor Arthur Kyle (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing this extensive collection of Virginia folk ballads and folk songs -- a major contribution to the folklore and folk history of Virginia. Has an interesting inscription (dated 1929) on the front endpaper from Susie McGee Heck Smith to notable Virginia physician Staige D. Blackford. Susie McGee Heck Smith's late spouse was C. Alphonso Smith, an esteemed University of Virginia English professor and founder of the Virginia Folklore Society. Alphonso Smith's efforts to collected and preserve Virginia folk ballads formed the basis of the project and editor Davis dedicated the book to his memory. Red cloth, 634 pages, fold-out map at back. Has a bit of rubbing and fading of the dye on the spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 1st edition thus, facsimile reprint of original 1925 edition, with new Fwd. Minor shelf wear, text block edges slightly toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. xxxi,545 pp., b&w plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. 634 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with a few black & white photographs. Bookplate on inside front cover. Features music and lyrics. 1 Fold-out map of Virginia. Clean, tight copy. Record # 610968.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Magazine. Stapled printed yellow wrappers. Includes the poem "Swimmer and Fish Group" by Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams of Washington University. Fine in wrappers. Scarce.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Stapled printed yellow wrappers. Includes the poem "Swimmer and Fish Group" by Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams. Owner's name in ink on front wrapper, else near fine.