New York: Frederick Fell, (1961). 1st edition. Review copy with letter laid-in. 127 pp. Tall 8vo. Maroon cloth. Dust jacket. An epic poem that "... narrates the story of man's rise from paganism to a dynamic christianity." More
NY: Doubleday, 1972. 1st edition. 278 pp, 8vo. Black cloth with red lettering. Dust wrapper. More
New York: H. De Marsan. 38 Chatam st. (n. d.). Ca 1860 / 1870s. Not in Wolf, though see entry 1619 for another publisher's edition. Not found on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 2 songs, 3 & 2 verses respectively, each verse 8 lines. No music. Wood-engraved decorative border..... More
Preston: Harkness, Printer, 121 Church Street, (n. d.). Ca. Mid 1800s. Singe sheet, printed recto only. Small engraving to top of songster. 9-15/16" x 3-1/16". Buff printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Ye-gods above protect the widow, and with pity look down on me,/ help me..... More
Preston: Printed at 121 Church-street, (n. d.). Ca. Mid 1800s. Single sheet, printed recto only. Small woodcut image to top of songster. 9-15/16" x 3-1/8". Buff printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "A sailor's life is a merry life, They rob young women of their heart's..... More
![Item #39906 A LIFE On The OCEAN WAVE. [accompanied by] The SCAFFOLD. Maritime Song Slip](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/39906.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694041315)
Liverpool / ? W. MCall, Printer, 4 Cartwright Place, Byrom Street / ? (n. d.). Ca. Mid 1800s. 2 separate songsters, printed recto only, mounted on a stiff piece of white cardstock. Woodcut illustration of a man & the ocean to the top of the "Life on the Ocean Wave"..... More
[Manchester]: Swindells, Printer, (n. d.). Ca. Mid 1800s. Single sheet, printed recto only. Small woodcut engraving to top of songster. 10-1/4" x 3-3/8". Buff printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Adieu, my lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu,/ I'm going to cross the ocean to seek..... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 10 recorded holdings on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 4 verses, each of 4 lines, plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 10-1/4" x...... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 11 holdings to OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 4 verses, each of 8 lines, plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 9" x 3-3/4"..... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 10 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 3 verses, each of 8 lines, plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 8-3/4" x...... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 11 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 3 verses, each of 4 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 8-7/8" x 3-3/4". Now..... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 15 holdings on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 4 verses, each of 12 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 12-3/4" x 4-3/8". Now housed..... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 11 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 2 verses, each of 8 lines, plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 10-7/8" x...... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 11 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 6 verses, each of 4 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 11-1/8" x 4-1/4". Now..... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 15 recorded holdings in OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 5 verses, each of 8 lines, plus spoken interludes. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 11-7/8"..... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 23 recorded holdings on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 5 verses, each of 8 lines, plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 10-1/8" x...... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 13 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 3 verses, each of 4 lines, plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 11-3/8" x...... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 11 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 3 verses, each of various lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 8-7/8" x 3-5/8". Now..... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. Not in Wolf, 15 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 8 verses, each of 8 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 10-7/8" x 4-/12". Now..... More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads, No. 639 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca. 1870s. Not in Wolf, 11 library holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 4 verses, each of 9 lines. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 11" x 4-1/4"..... More
San Francisco: I. S. Cohen, Publisher. No. 912 Kearny Street. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca. 1870s (Wolf 401). Singe sheet, printed recto only. 4 verses of various lengths, with spoken lines in between. No music. Typographical decorative border with curved edges, unsigned. 11-1/2" x 4-1/2". Now housed in a clear..... More
Boston: F. A. Searle, Printer, 118 Washington Street, 1864. One broadside sheet, printed recto only. 18-1/4" x 6-1/4". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A scarce broadside playbill from an early American production of Gounod's Faust in five acts, as originally performed at Paris' Theatre Lyrique in 1859..... More
New York: Ames Press, (1984). 1st edition. 382 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Blue dust wrapper. More
London: Sawyer, 1930. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 832). #3/100 cc on Abbey Mill Antique Paper (out of a total limitation of 200 cc). 80, [6] pp. With facsimiles. Sq. 8vo. Green cloth spine with green paper-wrapped boards. Lettered in gilt. First publication of these letters between Dickens and his publishers..... More
