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Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000-2002. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Fine / Near Fine. Six Volumes Complete. Volume I: 1920-1925, 487pp. Volume II: 1926-1929, 587pp. Volume III: 1930-1935, 632pp (slight creasing to dust jacket edges, small closed tear at front upper fore corner). Volume IV: 1936-1938, 445pp. Volume V: 1939-1956, 476pp. Volume VI: 1956-1963, 411pp. Quarter-bound black cloth on red paper over board. Text blocks tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Dust jackets now in archival protective covers.

New York: Penzler Books, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. 418 pp. Fine / Near Fine. Association copy. Signed by author (16 Nov 90 Los Angeles), with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley and wife: "To Joe & Char – old friends, dear friends, for time past & times to come – As always, your pal – Harlan." Quarter-bound black cloth over black paper over boards. Red lettering on spine. Black eps. Minor creasing to leading edges of pages 405-418, else text block square and tight. Interior pristine. Unclipped dust jacket shows creases to rear flap and rubbing to back panel, else Near Fine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1971. First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. Square octavo. 9 x 8.75 inches. 96 pp, plus photos. Very Good- / Good+. Original unclipped dust jacket with photograph on upper panel. Price of $6.95 on front flap. Publisher's original cream-colored cloth on boards. Spine lettering gilt stamped on black field. Black & white photographic frontispiece and 48 full-page black & white photographic illustrations by Ralph Eugene (Gene) Meatyard. Case age-toned with foxing. Previous owners name and date inked on half-title page, else internally unmarked. Light foxing on text block edges and scattered throughout. Dust jacket soiled, stained, and edge-worn, with several small closed tears and minor loss at spine ends and front tips. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Freedman A17.2.

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1971. First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. Square octavo. 9 x 8.75 inches. 96 pp, plus photos. Very Good+ / Very Good-. Signed by Berry on half title. Association copy from the Estate of Robert F. Sexton, M.D. Laid-in card with gift inscription from Rena and John Jacob Niles. Dr. Sexton's wife, Nancy Sexton, née Niles, was a niece of John Jacob Niles, the composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads, known as the "Dean of American Balladeers." Original price-clipped dust jacket with photograph on front panel. Publisher's original cream-colored cloth over board. Spine lettering gilt stamped on black field. Black & white photographic frontispiece and 48 full-page black & white photographic illustrations by Ralph Eugene (Gene) Meatyard. Case slightly age toned. Internally bright and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly edge-worn with minor loss at rear upper tip, one small closed tear to lower front panel, light toning to spine and edges, creasing… Read More