The Rainbow Sign by Lomax, Alan - 1959

New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1959. Small sticker removed from corner of front cover.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 209 pages, brown cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear but a nick to the bottom edge of the cover cloth, interior near fine binding solid, paper cream white. In a very good, lightly worn dust jacket, with slight nick bottom, slight yellowing, and with the original price present.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Octavo. [3], 209 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket with price inside the front flap. Shelf wear, closed tear on the front side, crease on the back cover, and taped tear on the back to the jacket. Jacket in fair condition only. Light toning to the end papers. Previous owner embossed circle stamp and name in pen bottom of the right front flyleaf.

Stated First Edition. 209 pages. "The two novella-length stories in this volume support Alan Lomax's profound conviction that the Southern Negro folk singer stands at the creative center of American popular culture." The dust jacket is clipped and appears lightly soiled in a protective cover. There may be a few very small chips. Cover is very clean with square corners and a straight spine. Pages are clean and crisp with no markings noted. There is some light staining on the inside of the free endpapers which appears to be original.