Blues Fell This Morning: The Meaning of the Blues

Near fine first US edition. Originally published the year before in the UK. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Very slight bumping to spine ends. Jacket also near fine. Price clipped. Slight wear to spine ends and folds. An excellent social history of the blues, with illustrations and hundreds of original lyrics. An essential book. Foreword by acclaimed author Richard Wright, written in Paris in 1959 and among the last of his writings to be published prior to his untimely death in 1960. 13673