OUR FAMILIAR SONGS AND THOSE WHO MADE THEM

HELEN KENDRICK JOHNSON

Published by Henry Holt and Co, NY, 1881

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TITLE: OUR FAMILIAR SONGS AND THOSE WHO MADE THEM By HELEN KENDRICK JOHNSON 1881rare AUTHOR: HELEN KENDRICK JOHNSON PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: Henry Holt and Co., NY 1881 EDITION: First Edition Assumed with none stated CATEGORY: Music, Super Rare, First Edition BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket. CONDITION: (All defects if any are formulated into pricing by ViewFair Books books. If we miss any defects are highlights on any book, our policy is to make immediate amends to any customer): the outside is in a little rough condition. There is splitting to the cloth all along the spine, splitting to the cloth along the entire edges of the spine, there is some chipping to the cloth at the top of the spine. Scrapes to the corner edges. There is a line of writing in pencil from 1884 that can easily be erased from the second endpaper and the title page. Book is without any other marks or writings, pages are clean, book is tight and sturdy. There are newspaper articles included throughout the book. There is an old style hand written letter present. SIZE: 7 ½ x 10 (approximately) PAGES: 639 pages BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition Assumed. Henry Holt and Co., NY 1881. Fair(plus)/None dust jacket condition as issued. Hundreds of songs are present throughout the book. Originally published by Henry Holt and Company with 1881 being the oldest date found. Three Hundred Standard Songs of the English Speaking Race, Arranged with Piano Accompaniment, and preceded by Sketches of the Writers and Histories of the Songs. Many are arranged by subject: Songs of Reminiscence, of Home, of Exile, of the Sea, of Nature, of Sentiment, of Hopeless Love, of Happy Love, of Pleasantry, Convivial Songs, Political Songs, Martial and Patriotic Songs, Moral and Religious Songs. Included are often-extensive histories on songs such as "Old Dog Tray," "Home, Sweet Home." "The Lament of the Irish Emigrant." "The Heaving of the Lead." "The Last Rose of Summer," "Bonnie Doon," and "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." An invaluable reference work on nineteenth-century song and their histories. THERE ARE NO OTHER 1881 HENRY HOLT COPIES PRESENTLY ON SALE THROUGH THE INTERNET!!!! SUPER RARE COPY!!!! REALLY GOOD PRICE! 399-350 InvCode ZY84 ViewFair Books : 003029 Size: 11 ½ x 11 ½.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: OUR FAMILIAR SONGS AND THOSE WHO MADE THEM
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co, NY
• Publication Date: 1881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: NONE
• Book Type: Book