Blow the Candle Out: Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore, Volume II

Fayetteville, AK: University of Arkansas Press, 1992. First Edition. 972pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Brown cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Collected in the field from 1915 through 1955, these tales and songs were considered by the publisher at the time too salacious for inclusion in Vance Randolph's Ozark Folksongs. This work contains rhymes and songs without music as well as other unexpurgated Ozark folk materials, including children's lore, elements in speech, graffiti, riddles, dance calls, and beliefs. Uncommon. (Inventory #: 10396)