Conversation with the Blues

4to. Publisher’s black cloth boards with blue and silver lettering to spine. A little bumped to leading corners. With CD in plastic pocket at rear. Pocket with some damage to foot. In fine dust jacket. Second edition. (First thus). Originally published in 1965. *** Compiled from interviews with blues singers and musicians conducted by Paul Oliver in 1960. Copiously illustrated with the author’s own photographs. The CD included is a reissue, with some additional material, of the much sought-after LP originally released by Decca. It captures in speech and song the narratives of the singers themselves.