Old Folks at Home Songster
by [Minstrel Songsters] Foster, Steven; Christy's Minstrels, et al
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Marlboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fisher and Brothers, 1851. 16mo, wraps, unpaginated. A few small holes to front wrap, fraying to spine, slight tanning, very good plus overall with a tight binding and bright contents. Very Good. An uncommon songster with woodcut illustrations published in 1851, marking the likely first appearance of "Old Folks at Home" in digest form. We are unable to establish priority between this songster and the Firth, Pond and Co. sheet music edition of the title, as both were published in 1851. The listing for "Old Folks at Home" contains a note at the introduction that Fisher has the "sole and exclusive permission to publish the words" to the song from Firth, Pond and Co. The remainder of the songster includes many songs credited to Christy's Minstrels, along with Jim Sanford, S.S. Steele, Lucy Long, Old Dan Tucker, Alen Clark, and F. McDermott. These are likely early digest form printings of many of these songs, though dating is difficult due to other Christy's songsters from the 1850s being undated. OCLC locates four copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Auger Down Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- List1615
- Title
- Old Folks at Home Songster
- Author
- [Minstrel Songsters] Foster, Steven; Christy's Minstrels, et al
- Format/Binding
- 16mo, wraps, unpaginated. A few small holes to front wrap, fraying to spine, slight tanning, very good plus overall with a tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Fisher and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1851
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Auger Down Books
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Marlboro, Vermont
About Auger Down Books
Auger Down Books is a small and highly curated store focusing on American history through photographs, archives, documents and graphics. I issue catalogs and lists via email, and also work directly with curators looking to develop and diversify their collections. Please contact me if you would like to receive my lists or if I may be of assistance in collection development. Thanks for looking!
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....