The Country Blues

London: Michael Joseph, 1960.

First British Edition. Original black cloth with the striking wraparound dust-jacket by Denis Piper depicting a bluesman playing an acoustic guitar whilst a worker in dungarees is sat slumped next to him. 203 pages. Photographs throughout. Head of backstrip of jacket rubbed, else fine. Includes useful material on pioneers like Rabbit Brown, Robert Johnson, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Blind Boy Fuller