London: Blandford Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, . pages toned, endpapers foxed, jacket sunned and tattered with loss at heel.. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding. viii, 120 pp. Nice front jacket panel photo of man at grand piano surrounded by a smiling pack of singers. As the compiler notes in his foreword to this World War II-weary songbook, "Today we need songs that have the power to open hearts and covey uniting ideas." Songs organized by theme: Love Songs and Songs of Home and Families, Songs of Workers on Land and Sea, Songs of the Fight for the New World, Songs about People, Countries and Seasons, and Hymns and Spirituals. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 36937
Title: The Home and Community Song Book
Author: Cartledge, T. (compiler)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, pages toned, endpapers foxed, jacket sunned and tattere
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Blandford Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1949
Keywords: Post War Music, Community Singing, Songbooks
Bookseller catalogs: Music;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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