[Item #45717] The Story of the Jubilee Singers; with their songs. J. B. T. MARSH.

The Story of the Jubilee Singers; with their songs

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1877. Seventh Edition. Octavo (19cm.); original red pictorial cloth embossed in black and gilt, grey glazed endpapers; vii,[2],248pp.; original mounted albumen photographic frontispiece labeled and ruled in purple ink, illus. and sheet music throughout. Cloth a bit rubbed wtih tiny exposure at corners, spine rather sunned, some light foxing to flyleaves, else Very Good or better, albumen photograph in fine condition.

Oft-reprinted account of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, founded in Nashville in 1866 for the education of newly-freed slaves. Later editions replaced the albumen frontispiece with a generic engraved frontispiece of the University.

Price: $250.00

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