BLUES BOOKS: Complete Studio Vista set x12 (1970-71) Fahey-Patton, Tommy Johnson

Rare complete set of the historic Studio Vista Blues Paperbacks series, edited by Paul Oliver, published in England by November Books. These are the U.K. first issues, not the Stein & Day U.S. editions. 

Size 4⅞ x 7¾ inches. The set comes in a customized blue plastic bin labeled “The Blues.”

All books are intact with all pages readable. Condition varies from “Like New” or close to it (Tommy Johnson, Memphis Blues, Peetie Wheatstraw [except for a crease on the spine], and The Blues Revival), down to “Good,” with some creased and worn covers and corners (Crying for the Carolines, Recording the Blues, Blacks Whites and Blues), with the remaining five in the Very Good category. Some have stickers, sticker residue or small smudges or stains. See photos.

The books:

John Fahey: Charley Patton

David Evans: Tommy Johnson 

William Ferris Jr: Blues From the Delta

Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues and Jug Bands

Tony Russell: Blacks, Whites and Blues

Derrick Stewart-Baxter: Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers

Paul Oliver: Savannah Syncopators: African Retentions in the Blues

Robert Dixon & John Godrich: Recording the Blues

Bruce Bastin: Crying for the Carolines

Paul Garon: The Devil's Son-in-Law: The Story of Peetie Wheatstraw and his Songs

Karl Gert zur Heide: Deep South Piano: The Story of Little Brother Montgomery

Bob Groom: The Blues Revival

Combined shipping available on multiple purchases.

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