Christy's Negro Songster. Containing the Most Popular Melodies as sung by Christy, Wood, White, Buckley and other Negro Minstrels. 9 wood-cut illustrations in text. 18mo, original blind-stamped cloth with gilt-pictorial spine; binding worn; some

Christy's Negro Songster. Containing the Most Popular Melodies as sung by Christy, Wood, White, Buckley and other Negro Minstrels. 9 wood-cut illustrations in text. 18mo, original blind-stamped cloth with gilt-pictorial spine; binding worn; some foxing. New York: Richard Marsh, 1857 E150/250 FIRST EDITION. One of the earliest songsters attributing the music to noted black minstrel Christy. A number of very early pieces refer to Haiti, and "where we come from." Not in Schomburg or Blockson Collections.