Fife Alta S Editor (6 results)
SONGS OF THE COWBOYS by N. Howard ("Jack") Thorp. Variants, Commentary, Notes and Lexicon by Austin E. and Alta S. Fife. Music Editor: Naunie Gardner.
Thorp, N. Howard [Jack Thorp - Nathan Howard Thorp], 1867-1940. Austin E. Fife; Alta S. Fife (contributors). Naunie Gardner (music editor).
Published by New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., Publisher, 1966., 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star seller[6], 346 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dark brown dust jacket rubbed; a few small stains and surface scuffs to rear panel; some nicks, short tears, and creasing at edges; foxing to flaps. Light tan cloth with light spotting to spine and boards; spine heel bumped with slight fraying along head. Foxing/toning to text bl…ock edges and several initial and rear leaves; occasional light foxing spots to interior pages which overall remain clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy in a very good- dust jacket. Pages 258-303 feature a facsimile of Jack Thorp's 1908 edition with the book's extensive text being general commentary and music for each song with sources for individual bibliographies, texts of variations, recording and manuscript lists, a cowboy word and phrase lexicon, etc.
- Softcover
Seller: Lexington Books Inc, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A.Lexington Books Inc
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SONGS OF THE COWBOY : Variants, Commentary, Notes & Lexicon Vy Austin E, and Alta S. Fife
Thorp, N. Howard ("Jack"; (Austin E. & Alta S. Fife, Editors); (Naunie Gardner, Music Editor)
Language: English
Published by Clarkson N. Potter, New York, NY, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.100POCKETS
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 24.16
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW w/staining to upper text edge corner. Beige boards/NF w/light scrapes to backstrap. DJ/None. Compilation of 23 cowboy songs collected by N. Howard "Jack" Thorp (1867 - 1940) and first published In 1908 (and a latter expanded 1921 edition), with…out musical notation, titled Songs of the Cowboys; the book included "Little Joe, the Wrangler," written by Thorp himself. Cattleman Thorp spent some 50 years riding the range; his original publication represents the first systematic effort to track down western cowboy songs and poems.and western songs. With studied efforts, the music notations are drawn from pre-1930 sources.
Cowboy and Western Songs: A Comprehensive Anthology
Fife, Austin E.; Fife, Alta S.; Schwab, Mary Jo [Music Editor]; Ralston, J. K. [Illustrator]
Language: English
Published by Clarkson N. Potter, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Chaparral Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Austin and Alta Fife on the FFEP. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Light handling on the boards and spine. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, a couple of 3" taped repairs on the bottom edge of the bac…k panel, vertical crease on the front flap, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 4to. xii, 372pp. Signed by Authors.
- Softcover
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
Cowboy And Western Songs: a comprehensive anthology, 200 songs with music lines and guitar chords
Austin E. Fife; Alta S. File; Mary Jo Schwab [Editor]; J. K. Ralston [Illustrator];
- Hardcover
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. J. K. Ralston (illustrator).
