Lot 379
ASHBEE, C.R. & JANET
THE ESSEX HOUSE SONG BOOK
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 January 2019 at 11:00 GMT
£575
Description
London: Essex House Press, 1903. 10 volumes, 8vo, limited edition of 200 (i.e. 205) copies, each volume comprising loose uncut sheets in original green cloth folders: I) Songs of Praise; II) Songs of the Sea; III) Songs of Loyalty and the Love of the Land; IV) Rounds and Catches; V) Songs of the Country and the Tilling of the Soil; VI) The Songs of Sport; VII) Songs of the Tavern and the Vine; VIII) Workshop Songs or Songs of the Crafts; IX) Songs of Comradeship, Love and Courtship; X) Miscellany of Song, in which are included the Songs of the Universities and Songs of Pure Nonsense, a little minor soiling and slight darkening to covers (10)