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University of California Press, Berkeley, 1982, First Printing with complete number line, SIGNED and inscribed on the title page, "For Walter Glenn, with best wishes, from David Evans, Memphis 7/6/91, thanks for your interest in my work"; from the extensive blues collection of the late Walter Glenn. A comprehensive examination and analysis of "the processes of composition, learning and performance used by Southern black folk blues singers"; based on decades of field work, in Mississippi and other Southern states, by the eminent blues scholar About fine in publisher's green cloth, spine ends are slightly pushed, front corners gently bumped, else tight, clean, unmarked; in a like dust jacket, mild shelf wear, now in mylar sleeve. An uncommon title in the hardcover issue and scarce signed by the author. J2190
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