A Pictorial Bibliography of the First Editions of Stephen C. Foster.

Philadelphia: Musical Americana, 1957. Hardcover. Folio. Blue pebble-grain cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt-edged pictorial illustration on front board. (208pp). Numerous full-page illustrations. Near fine. Item #1695

First edition of this important checklist of Foster first editions, tight and handsome. The title pages of each composition -- almost 200 -- are reproduced, some in color, using the plates made for J.K. Lilly's monumental 1933 work, "The Foster Hall Reproductions of the Songs, Compositions and Arrangements by Stephen Collins Foster." Tipped to front pastedown is the printed return address bearing the name of the New York law firm where this noted music bibliographer (1916-2008) worked, signed above in blue ballpoint by him. Uncommon.

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