Prepare to Shed Them Now: The Ballads of George R Sims

Arthur Calder-Marshall Intro. and selector)

Published by Hutchinson, London, 1968

About this Item

Ex-library with usual stamps. Dust jacket. Sims was a well-known journalist in the Edwardian period, wrote innumerable plays and novels and features extensively in social and cultural history accounts of the time as a social reformer, incl. re Dr Crippen. Also a ballad-monger ('It was Christmas Time in the Workhouse'). Here is a collection of his ballads. Minor damage pp.70-1. Sticky label on back dust jacket. Illustrations. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £7.75. ISBN 090892003 on dust jacket not recognised.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prepare to Shed Them Now: The Ballads of George R Sims
• Publisher: Hutchinson, London
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good