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Lot 431

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of 45 Sheet Music. [V.p., ca. 18...

Estimate: $400 - $600

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of 45 Sheet Music. [V.p., ca. 1850s-1950s]. 4tos. Original wrappers. Nearly all with illustrated front wrappers, many with stereotypical or racist depictions of African Americans. Sizes generally 14 x 11? and smaller. Three are framed. Generally worn, soiled, several with tears at central creases, occasional ink or pencil notes, a few tape repairs. Generally fair or better. Some titles include: Blackface and Music a New Minstrel Folio, Dat?s Harmony Ziegfeld Follies of 1911, Hello Ma Baby, 5 Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano Solos by Jay McShann, Poor Old Slave, Lillette (Nat King Cole Trio), Negro Spirituals, E. T. Paull?s Folio of Novelties and Marches, W. C. Handy?s Blues Folio, Let me love you tonight (featuring Eddie Heywood), Blue Boogie, Count Basie?s Folio No. 2 Piano Styles, and more.