Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet (lyrics); Arnold Shaw (music)

Sing A Song of America (in original dust jacket)

New York: Musette, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Oversized hardcover in illustrated paper coveerd boards. 79 pp. Illustrated with three-color drawings by Mollie Shuger. Very good, some edge rubbing. In original dust jacket duplicating the cover design, price clipped, rubbing to the edges and ahallow wear to the spine extremities. Published at the dawn of America's entry into World War II, a collection of music and lyrics, number of them rather obscure, about historical figures like J.Q. Adams, De Soto, Theodore Roosevelt, the Wright Brothers, Lincoln, Wilson, Jefferson , Barnum, Virginia Dare, etc. Very Good / very good. Item #E22518B

Price: $25.00