Sabine Baring-Gould. Folk Songs of the West Country. Annotated from the MSS at Plymouth Library and with additional material by Gordon Hitchcock. David & Charles, Vermont, 1974. VG+ cond. in VG+ dj. Excellent condition for its age. No markings and little or no indication of age or use. Bright cloth covers with title gilt on spine. Price sticker on sleeve of dj. No ill. 52 songs are notated together with their words. Notes on their Provenance. Guitar Chords have been added. Foreword by Gordon Hitchcock. Memoir of Sabine Baring-Gould by his grandson reproduced at the back. 112 pp. These Folk Songs were collected by Baring-Gould in the nineteenth century and deposited in Plymouth Library. They have been edited by Gordon Hitchcock so they can be readily performed. They include many famous songs. Widdecombe Fair and The Twelve Days of Christmas are stand-outs. Like other songs here collected they exist in other versions, but these West Country ones are as authentic as any. This copy £24.99