PASKMAN, Dailey

"GENTLEMEN BE SEATED!"; A parade of the American minstrels

NY: Clarkson N. Potter, (1976). Revised edition. 4to, pp. 253. Profusely Illustrated and with music for voices and piano. A nice copy in dj. Item #27679

A history of the black-face minstrel show, a form now, fortunately, dead. Interesting that the authors state in their last sentence that the book was presented, not as an obituary to minstrelsy, but as an advance notice of its permanent life. (And interesting that it was reprinted in 1976!).

Price: $28.00