frank shay compiler (4 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. John Held, Jr. (Illustrator) (illustratore). Dover Reprint. Text/Clean & Near New. Softcover/Good; sound w/edge & surface rubs & humidity stains to upper back top edge & discoloration. Collection of drinking songs sung by professional drinkers assembled by Greenwich Villager Frank Shay (1988 - 1954). Enduring songs of the Naughty Nineties & early 20th century, separately first published in 1927 & 1928 respectively; this is the Dover combined reprint of 1961. Not songs that glorify drinking of spirits & drunkards, but those that were sung & enjoyed by "professional drinkers" when in a mellow & convivial mood of comradeship to the pleasure of all. Some were first heard on a Standard Oil tankship, others from sea-coast gin-mills sailors visited, and army camps of America and France . 235 pgs, some with music, w/ John Held's illustrations. Find full refrains of Clementine (as sung by Ralph Geddes), and Frankie and Johnnie; and old-time ditties such as Forty-nine Bottles, and I've Been Workin' on the Railroad. Rich collection. Strong copy despite flaws.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Held, John, Jr. (illustratore). 1st Edition. Original publisher's beige paper-covered boards backed with black cloth. Gilt lettering and decorations to spine. 7" x 8 3/4." 190 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall. Covers have some corner and edge wear, rubbing, several light stains and scratch marks to front and back, and slight fading to gilt lettering and decorations on spine. A Very Good copy. A collection of comedic drinking songs from the nineteenth century that was compiled by Frank Shay during Prohibition.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. [Drinking songs] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 186 pages illustrations 23 cm. "Seventy-five memory-choking and thirst-provoking recipes": pages [163]-186.

Condizione: Good. Cincinnati 1923 1st Steward Kidd. Sm.8vo., 94pp., hardcover. Good , inner hinges cracked. no dj.