Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family
(Pittsburgh, Penn.): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1944. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. Gray cloth binding. Illustrated from contemporary painting, photographs and prints. A family history of one of America's earliest and most influential songwriters. Foster lives in the Pittsburgh area; in Lawrenceville and Allegheny country. Foster's songs included Oh! Susanna, De Campton Races, Swanee River and Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, among others. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is considered by many the first American pop song. Spines sunned. Else in very good condition with slipcase in good condition. Laid in at front of volume one is a pamphlet by Jhn Tasker Howard entitled "The Literature on Stephen Foster," reprinted from Notes, Second Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 March 1944. vg. Item #10303
Price: $45.00