Shelfmark
Ka.5.19
Title
Old English songs and dances / decorated by W. Graham Robertson.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Hamish Hamilton Publisher, [1902?].
Physical description
[62] p. : chiefly col. ill., music ; 39 cm.
Note
Apparently a reissue of the first edition published by Longmans in 1902 with a new title page with the undated imprint of Hamish Hamilton, pasted down over the original title leaf, with a cutaway window framing the original title vignette.
Note
Colophon: Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, The Racquet Court Press, Swan Street, London, S.E.
Note
"'Blue muslin', 'The garden of weeds' and 'O the trees they are so high' from the collection 'Songs of the West', are included by kind permission of Messrs. Methuen and co."
Note
Music and lyrics in calligraphic form, printed on semi-stiff paper.
Note
Publisher's original boards with canvas spine; coloured pictorial title design on grey paper covered front board; grey linen covered back board.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Songs: O mother, a hoop! The song of willow. Blue muslin. Crimson velvet. Love lies bleeding. Troy town. The garden of weeds. Courtiers, courtiers! O the trees they are so high! Cupid's gardens.-- Dances: Barley break. Put on thy smock o' Monday. The shaking of the sheets. Lusty gallant. Bobbing Joan. Donkyn Dargeson.
Provenance
Inscribed in ink on flyleaf to "Chloë with love from Jamie. October 1934".
Subject
Songs, English England.
Subject
Ballads, English England.
Added entry--name
Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866 - 1948 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Hamish Hamilton Ltd. publisher.
Added entry--name
Racquet Court Press printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B52084