Cecil Sharp Esther Mackinnon (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. MacKinnon, Esther (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Songs from Appalachia for young children, collected & arranged with pianoforte accompaniment by Cecil J. Sharp, illustrated in silhouette by Esther MacKinnon. From March 1935, orig. price One Shilling intact to front cover. In [3]+19+[3] pp. One in a series of early 20th-century children's music books (Book 340 in their School Songs series) issued by Novello and Company of London, a major music publisher founded in 1811. Silhouette illustrations provided by Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (1885-1934), a Scottish artist known for her paintings and engravings. Cecil J. Sharp, who collected & arranged these pieces with pianoforte accompaniment, was widely considered a key figure in the preservation & revival of folk song and music in in England during the Edwardian period. In light blue wrappers lettered & decorated with black silhouette figures to front cover. 8vo. Stitched binding, intact. Condition is Near Fine, with very mild surface soiling. Interior completely clean & unmarked. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. MacKINNON, Esther B. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good condition, quarto, printed boards, tan cloth spine, wear to corners, gift inscription on front free end paper, slight loosening, pages clean and bright and illustrated with Esther MacKinnon's charming silhouettes. 32 pages unpaginated. Contains: The Frog and the mouse; The Sally Buck;m The Little Pig; The Swapping Song; Soldier, Soldier wont you marry me?; Cocky Robin; Good Old Man; The Bird Song; The Squirrel; Poor Old Maid; The Old Grey Goose; Charlie Sweet; Some Love Coffee; Will You Wear red?; Cripple Creek; The Jack-fish; The Tottenham Tad; What'll we do with the Baby? [QP].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good minus. Contains 17 songs. Large: 31 by 25 cm size.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Esther B. MacKinnon (illustrator). First Edition. First Series, first edition. 18 songs including The Frog & the Mouse, Good Old Man, The Tottenham Toad, The Old Grey Goose, Will you wear red?, etc. Illustrated in silhouette by Esther B. MacKinnon. With music. 10 x 12.5ins; illustrated boards, cloth spine. Corners are knocked, boards partly discoloured, and the the paper is a little torn at the spine; contents very good except in a few places someone has annotated in small neat writing the time a piece takes. 2A7.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Mackinnon, Esther B. (illustrator). 2 vols. Boards rubbed with the odd small mark, corners bumped. Gutters cracked and binding loose, endpapers lightly foxed, ink inscrips. to ffep, else pp generally clean and bright. Size: Folio.

Hardback. Condition: Vg First Edition Almost New. Esther B Mackinnon (illustrator). First Edition. Pages not numberedf, but 18 songs with music & illus. throughout., good clean text & well bound first edition Size: Large 4to. Nursery Music.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Esther B. Mackinnon (illustrator). 2 vols. Folio. First and Second Series. 1921;1923. Light coloured paper boards illustrated and lettered in black, quarter bound in light brown cloth. Edge wear and bumped and worn corners, volume one with a few little repaired tears in the margins and light staining to a couple pages, but overall a good clean and attractive set of books. Illustrated throughout in silhouette by Esther B. MacKinnon, with musical accompaniment by Cecil B. Sharp.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Esther B. Mackinnon (illustrator). First edition. An charming early folk-song collection by Cecil Sharp, offering Appalachian nursery songs with elegant silhouette illustrations and piano arrangements. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards.First edition. First Series.This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at the University of Oxford Libraries and the National Library of Wales.Illustrated throughout with striking silhouette designs by Esther B. Mackinnon.A collection of traditional children"s songs gathered in the Appalachian Mountains and arranged for voice and piano by the English folk-song collector Cecil J. Sharp. With songs such as, "The SAlly Buck," "The Swapping Song," "Soldier Soldier Won't You Marry Me?," and "Cripple Creak," among others. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to paper. The odd spot and handling mark to boards with slight soiling to perimeters. the odd spot of damp staining to boards. Spine cockled and slightly faded. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges cracked in places, with binding materials slightly exposed but holding. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots and handling marks to fore edge. Very Good. book.

A book of nursery songs for children, accompanied throughout with silhouette style illustrations. Includes eighteen (18) songs, each with lyrics and the accompanying piano sheet music. Published in large format to feel more like a picture book for children. Titles include "The Frog and the Mouse", "The Bird Song", and "The Old Grey Goose". Single vol. (12.5" by 9.75"), pp. [36], illus., in original illus. boards with silhouette of child at piano on front, early ink ownership signature to upper board ("Sydney Richardson") and early ink date to upper flyleaf ("June 1924"). Approx. 10 copies on WorldCat (May 2025). Good. Dust soiling, extremities worn, boards a little bowed.