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University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 1999, First Edition. Near fine in publisher's brown cloth, no dust jacket as issued, bright guilt titles to spine and front cover, spine ends are lightly pushed, bottom corner of rear cover is bumped, touch of shelf wear, else about near fine, clean and unmarked. An essential selection of blues writings covering much of the 20th century, with contributions by blues scholars, musicians, critics, folklorists, anthropologists, and literary artists. Uncommon in the first hard cover edition. J2312