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	HODSON G.A. & NICHOLSON R .: Underneath the Shady Tree( an Invitation to the Ball). London, D'Almaine & Co .1847. Ornate lettered cover . Sung by the Female American Serenaders. This is a fascinating aside to the development of Minstrel music in Britain.We can precisely date the sheet as June 1847 through Neighbour & Tyson's work on plate numbers and it was barely a year from when the Ethiopian Serenaders first swept through Britain and caused such a furore and yet I can find no mention of the Female American Serenaders and yet here they are with a short list of 8 song titles on the front cover.The only reference I can find is that they performed at the Birmingham Town Hall on June 9th 1847 and that their stage names were Cora,Jumba, Woski, Miami,Yarico,Womba & Rosa. There is a portrait on a leaflet in the Birmingham City Archives. They also performed at the Egyptian Hall in LOndon in c 1860. Certainly by the 1860's there were other female troupes such as Cooper's Female Christy's, but not this early.Other Songs listed include The Phantom Canoe, Flora May, Racoon Hunters, We Come from Ohio and the Indian Gleaners. The lyricist R. Nicholson remains obscure but the composer George A Hodson( c1798-1863) has 5 songs listed in Kilgarriff mainly in the 1830's but at least 1 in the 1850's, he also performed songs including his own . This song is not listed Folio size with music..Condition VG. € (euro) 28.00 [Appr.: US$ 42.17 \| £UK 25.5 \| JP¥ 3632] Book number: 2372 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	HAWTHRONE ALICE ( WINNER S.): What Is Home without a Mother? London, T.Broome c 1869. Ornate lettered cover .Hawthorne also wrote Listen to the Mocking Bird.1855 What is home without a Mother 1854 and Whispering Hope 1869 and Song of the Farmer 1854 and was of course the nomme de plume of the publisher and composer Septimus Winner (1826-1902). Sung by Christy Minstrels and has a chorus for bass, tenor, alto and soprano. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 15.00 [Appr.: US$ 22.59 \| £UK 13.75 \| JP¥ 1946] Book number: 5373 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	NISH ANTHONY & HUNTER HARRY.: The Laughing Nigger Or I'm the Nig That's Always Laughing. London, J.A, Turner . 1870's. With a large oval coloured lithograph by Alfred Concanen of the noted Moore & Burgess minstrel Walter Howard. Howard(1842-1905) was originally with the Christy Minstrels and the Mohawk Minstrels before joining Pony Moore's all conquering troupe, Kilgarriff lists 30 songs sung by Howard who was a noted minstrel comedian and Harry Reynolds in Minstrel Memories quotes verses from two of Howard's songs. Alfred Concanen(1835-86) is considered to be the very best lithographic artist of the middle period, especially of music hall & minstrel material. The composer Anthony Nish was originally the conductor and arranger for Raynor's Minstrels before working with Moore & Burgess and composing with Hunter. Nish died in 1873 after a faulty tooth extraction Alfred Concanen(1835-86) is considered to be the very best lithographic artist of the middle period, especially of music hall and minstrel material. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 66.00 [Appr.: US$ 99.4 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8561] Book number: 7238 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	FRENCH ARTHUR & HUNTLEY WM. A: Must We Leave the Old Home ,Mother? Philadelphia, W.F. Shaw. (1883). with a monochrome Lithograph by Thomas Hunter of Philadelphia of family clearly being forced from their home and insets of the home and also the graveyard. The composer Wm. A. Huntley remains obscure but the lyricist Arthur French wrote Flirting on the Ice (1877)Trabling Back to georgia(1874) and Barney Take Me Home (1875) which cause the more famous ‘answer song’ I’ll Take you Home Again Kathleen and of course this song.Additionally with G. W Persley , French wrote Won’t you buy my Pretty Flowers in 1876 much sung by the Minstrel Troupes. Folio size with music. Some slight foxing on the outside edge else condition good/very good. € (euro) 22.00 [Appr.: US$ 33.13 \| £UK 20.25 \| JP¥ 2854] Book number: 983 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	WILLOUGHBY ARTHUR & ECCLES J.C.: I Wandered By the River . London, Hopwood & Crew. c 1860's . With a charming colour lithograph cover by Thomas Packer of a country scene viewed from the bank of a river with a skiff on the water and a house in the distance. Sadly, the lyric writer and composer remain obscure and so the only reason I have placed this in the minstrel section is because Hopwood & Crew published a very great deal of the minstrel material of the period and this song fits into that style.Folio with music. Small piece(insect) gnawed away on the outer edge but not affecting lithograph or music else VG. € (euro) 22.00 [Appr.: US$ 33.13 \| £UK 20.25 \| JP¥ 2854] Book number: 4680 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BARKER, GEORGE.: I'm Leaving Thee in Sorrow ,Annie! . London ,Chappell & Co. c 1852/3. With a blue and gold lettered cover by Stannard & Dixon . Sung by the noted Christy Minstrel ballad singer Dave S. Wambold. Neighbour & Tyson 's numbering ceases in November 1850 for Chappell's and barely 500 short of this plate number and so 1852/3 is a reasonable estimate of publication. David Wambold ( 1836-89) made his debut as a minstrel in 1849 in New York and was with Charles White's Minstrels 1853-6 and toured London in 1857 and then made a European tour in Raynor and Pierce's Minstrels and started the San Francisco Minstrels in 1859 . A tenor with a remarkable singing voice who specialised in sentimental songs. George Barker(1812-1876) was a noted tenor singer of the day as well as a composer of music whose most famous song was probably the Irish Emigrant. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 38.00 [Appr.: US$ 57.23 \| £UK 34.75 \| JP¥ 4929] Book number: 5379 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	SWIFT BENJAMIN & WATSON HENRY(ARR.).: Calmly on Thy Bosom Lying . Manchester, H. Henry & Co. 1863-4. 3rd edition. With an unsigned colour lithograph mainly lettered with the chorus hand written and set in a frame . A Companion song to Mother! Mother! Let me kiss Thee also by Benjamin Swift and sung with great success by Mr Wilson of the Christy Minstrels. The only minstrel Wilson I can find is Edgar Wilson and sadly no further information is forthcoming about him. The same is the case for Benjamin Swift. However Henry Watson (1846-1911) was an organist, pianist composer & conductor born in Burnley Lancashire who later went on to establish The Manchester Vocal Union with a Mr Henry Wilson. Most notably he conducted the choral class at Manchester Royal College of Music. We can date this piece as 1863-4 as the publisher was only at this address between those dates . This makes this arrangement(symphonies & accompaniments) by Henry Watson to have been completed when he was 17- 18 years of age. His collection of music is the basis for the famous Henry Watson Music Library. The publishing company of E.Henry & Co continued from 1863 until 1884Folio with music.. Rare.Condition VG. € (euro) 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 60.24 \| £UK 36.5 \| JP¥ 5188] Book number: 4682 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	TRAD. & O'CONNOR, BESSIE.: Radoo,Radoo,Radoo,Adieu (May the World Go Well with You). London, Francis Bros& Day . c 1882 . With a colour lithograph cover by Thomas Packer of a banjo with a ribbon tied around along which are the titles and then an inset illustration of a man playing a banjo to someone in a cabin. Words are from a Creole song and the word Radoo means adieu. The composer remains obscure. Folio size with music. Piano and also banjo version. Stitched down spine, Small piece lost on outer edge else VG. € (euro) 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 60.24 \| £UK 36.5 \| JP¥ 5188] Book number: 4115 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN, CHARLES.: Bird of Paradise. London, Metzler & Co c mid 1860's & hand dated 1868. With a gold coloured lithographic cover by Packer & Griffin, of the famous bird of paradise on the branch of a tree and together with it's long tail it forms a half frame for the titles, also in gold. he composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this song and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 45.00 [Appr.: US$ 67.77 \| £UK 41 \| JP¥ 5837] Book number: 6062 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN, CHARLES.: The Death of Stonewall Jackson, Recitative & Air. London, Brewer & Co c 1863. With a wonderful full length portrait in sepia colour of a young Stonewall Jackson by the major British lithographic artist John Brandard. There is a medium sized frame of black around the illustration .Clearly designed to be played and also the words to be recited as a tribute.The composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this piece and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Folio size with music. Condition VG. Rare. € (euro) 115.00 [Appr.: US$ 173.19 \| £UK 104.75 \| JP¥ 14916] Book number: 6059 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN, CHARLES.: I'll Meet Thee in the Lane When the Clock Strikes Nine. London Hopwood & Crew . c 1869. With a sepia portrait of the Christy Minstrel tenor John Rawlinson by Maguire.The counter tenor John Rawlinson. Kilgarriff lists 13 published songs from Rawlinson's repertoire. The composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this song and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Repaired very successfully, many years ago using a complete sheet of paper to strengthen and repair a tear that enters the portrait and also a small hole outside the portrait. Folio size with music. € (euro) 38.00 [Appr.: US$ 57.23 \| £UK 34.75 \| JP¥ 4929] Book number: 5375 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	NEWCOMB BOBBY.: Waiting for the Broadway Stage. New York, C.H. Ditson . (1868). With a monochrome lithograph front cover portrait of the noted composer performer Bobby Newcomb of the San Francisco Minstrels and signed alongside his portrait. Bobby Newcomb also wrote The Big Sunflower for the noted minstrel Billy Emerson( rated as one of the all time greats) as his theme tune.Newcomb, himself a minstrel also wrote There’s a Light in the window., but this is arguably his best song.An interesting story is quoted by Dichter & Shapiro in that Dan Emmett sent I wish I was in Dixie to Bobby Newcomb to sing and the publisher Werlein of New Orleans got hold of a copy and pirated a version that claimed that the words were written by a J.Newcomb and this in 1860 at the time of the legitimate publishing of the song. Folio size with music. Condition very good. Noted composer/performer € (euro) 28.00 [Appr.: US$ 42.17 \| £UK 25.5 \| JP¥ 3632] Book number: 987 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	THOMAS BRANDON.: Beside de Cabin Door. London, J. Bath .1890's. With ornate lettered cover. Described as an Ethiopian Ditty it was written composed and sung by the famous actor/writer of the farce Charley's Aunt ,Brandon Thomas(1857-1914) who after writing amusing and patriotic songs turned to writing and singing plantation & Ethiopian ditties.In 1892 Charley's Aunt ran for 4 years in London West End. Of course his major claim to fame are his plays but as the Green Room(1907) wrote' he has written several Coon songs to good effect'. This is one such. Rare. Folio size with music. € (euro) 36.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.22 \| £UK 33 \| JP¥ 4669] Book number: 3736 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BISHOP,T. BRIGHAM & BISSELL,T.: Moon Behind the Hill. London, Hopwood & Crew . mid 1860's. With a coloured lithographic cover by Concanen & Lee featuring the performers Rumsey & Newcomb's Minstrels and with a monochrome inset illustrating the song's title.Information is scant on Harry Rumsey and H.W. Newcomb's Minstrels who probably visited Britain some time after the end of the Civil War and Newcomb's Minstrels( alone)certainly played Woods Theatre New York in 1867.Perhaps the lasting value of this sheet lies in the artist Alfred Concanen's fine illustrated cover .Folio size with music. Slight trim across one outer corner edge else condition VG. € (euro) 50.00 [Appr.: US$ 75.3 \| £UK 45.75 \| JP¥ 6485] Book number: 2153 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BUCKLEY, FREDERICK: I'd Choose to Be a Daisy. London, Hopwood & Crew. c 1864. With a Red and Black lithographed cover of ornate lettering by almost certainly Netherclift. Frederick Buckley formed this pioneer blackface minstrel troupe with his brother George in 1853. As one of the first troupes to tour America, Buckley's Serenaders very much rivalled Edwin Christy's Minstrel's. The troupe disbanded sometime before the end of the American Civil War(1865).Having been born in England they visited in 1846 and again in 1860. This song has a back page advert listing their songs. This is the 100th edition indicating their popularity in such a short time. Fred Buckley died in 1864 and so clearly this edition was before 1864. A small repaired tear on outer edge and ½ inch piece missing from bottom edge else condition Good. Noted song. Folio with music. € (euro) 32.00 [Appr.: US$ 48.19 \| £UK 29.25 \| JP¥ 4151] Book number: 7244 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BUCKLEY, FREDERICK.: Ella Leane. London,Hopwood & Crew. c 1864. With a white and green lithographed cover of ornate lettering by Netherclift. Frederick Buckley formed this pioneer blackface minstrel troupe with his brother George in 1853. As one of the first troupes to tour America, Buckley's Serenaders very much rivalled Edwin Christy's Minstrel's. The troupe disbanded sometime before the end of the American Civil War(1865).Having been born in England they visited in 1846 and again in 1860. This song has a back page advert dated 1865.The front page advertises 8 songs composed by Frederick Buckley((1833-64) and is likely to have published prior to the composer's death. Condition VG. € (euro) 46.00 [Appr.: US$ 69.28 \| £UK 42 \| JP¥ 5966] Book number: 3380 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BUCKLEY, FREDERICK.: Oh If I Had Someone to Love Me London, Hopwood & Crew .1865. With a Red lettered lithographic cover unsigned. Frederick Buckley formed this pioneer blackface minstrel troupe with his brother George in 1853. As one of the first troupes to tour America, Buckley's Serenaders very much rivalled Edwin Christy's Minstrel's. The troupe disbanded sometime before the end of the American Civil War(1865).Having been born in England they visited in 1846 and again in 1860. This song has a back page advert dated 1865.The front page advertises 8 songs composed by Frederick Buckley((1833-64) and is likely to have published prior to the composer's death. Folio size with music. Condition VG. There is an advert for an album of dance on the back cover dated 1865 that assists dating. € (euro) 36.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.22 \| £UK 33 \| JP¥ 4669] Book number: 3739 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	WORK H.C.: Grandfather's Clock. London, Francis Bros & Day . 1877-81 With a full coloured lithograph by W. Spalding illustrating an older man seated in a chair by the Grandfather clock and next to the fire, with a kettle boiling and the fire high. A cat is asleep at his feet. Sung J.B. Ferrell of the Mohawk Minstrels and also John Read and Chas Clifford of the music hall. Henry C. Work(1832-1884) wrote some 80 songs including Marching through Georgia(1865)The Ship that never Returned(1868) and Grandfather's Clock (1876).Due to its success the song was also sung in H.J. Byron;s burlesque, Young Frau Diavolo. We can date this certainly between 1877 when Francis Bros & Day started and 1881 when Harry Hunter was persuaded to join them both in the Mohawks and in the publishing business. Folio size with music. Linen tape along spine else condition VG. € (euro) 52.00 [Appr.: US$ 78.31 \| £UK 47.5 \| JP¥ 6745] Book number: 7245 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	FOSTER STEPHEN C.: My Old Kentucky Home Goodnight. New York , Firth Pond & Co 1854/5. With monochrome very ornate lettered titles engraved by Wakelam and an inset circular scene of a moonlight beach. The song dated by Act of Congress 1853 although this is a 10th edition and so 1854/5 seems likely . This is song number 20 of Foster's Melodies and. The composer of course is Stephen Collins Foster(1826-64) whose songs have reverberated around the world across two centuries. As sung by the Christy's Minstrels is also highlighted which of course was Edwin Christy's Troupe Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 70.00 [Appr.: US$ 105.42 \| £UK 63.75 \| JP¥ 9079] Book number: 6935 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	WORK HENRY C: Ring the Bell Watchman. London , Chas. Sheard c 1870's-80's With a monochrome lithograph illustration unsigned with the top title in ornate lettering and two bells either side an d a rope hanging down making a frame for rest of titles. Henry C. Work(1832-1884) wrote some 80 songs including Marching through Georgia(1865)The Ship that never Returned(1868). Kilgarriff lists Root as the composer and it was first published by Williams & Co in Britain in 1872, though it was actually copyrighted by Henry Clay Work in 1865. Folio size with music. Condition VG € (euro) 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 30.12 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2594] Book number: 6061 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	NELLA & BERNSTEIN CARL.: Belle Mahone's Reply . London , Chas. Sheard c 1869 . With Ornate lettered titles . The original Belle Mahone was written by J.H. McNaughton in America in 1865. This was a British answer song that in London at least was extremely popular though the composer is obscure and Kilgariff reports that Nella's contract has been mislaid by the current owners of the song E.M.I. so the pseudonym remains intact. Sheard, the publisher claims every Christy minstrel troupe is singing it and is always encored!. It has a tenor, alto and bass harmony to the tune in the chorus. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 30.12 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2594] Book number: 5377 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	MINASI, CARLO. & LINDA, CHAS.: Call Her Back & Kiss Her. London Hopwood & Crew 1869 . Folio with music. With a sepia coloured lithograph portrait by Henry Maguire of the early Moore & Burgess Minstrel singer Alfred Rennolf, who is sadly obscure. The composer Carlo Minasi wrote a Galop based on the Perfect Cure song in 1865 and The Juvenile Quadrille on minstrel tunes for Metzler .In 1846, an 'Instruction Book for the Use of Learners of the German Concertina, of Twenty Keys and Ten Keys' by Carlo Minasi was published. The lyric writer Charles Linda has only one other song listed in Kilgarriff, The Showman. The artist family of Maguire were very interesting. The elder Maguire(H.C.) died in 1860 and thus mainly worked in monochrome lithography for the work of Madame Vestris and the more serous music. His son with the same first names worked from the beginnings of Music Hall and illustrated a very large number of Arthur Lloyd's hit songs, the Great Vance,Nellie Power and Harry Rickards. Some say in output he almost matched Concanen's for a while in the 1860's & 70's. There is a music sellers stamp of 14/1/1869 and a dated review on the back of July 1867. Spine edge separated and small light stain centre of outer edge else condition condition Good. € (euro) 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 60.24 \| £UK 36.5 \| JP¥ 5188] Book number: 4337 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN, CHARLES & ECCLES, J.H.: The Angel's Are Waiting for Me. London Hopwood & Crew c 1869. With a beautiful gold and blue lettered cover inset within blue and gold frames. Sung by the counter tenor John Rawlinson. Kilgarriff lists 13 published songs from Rawlinson's repertoire.The lyric writer Eccles remains obscure. The composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this song and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 50.00 [Appr.: US$ 75.3 \| £UK 45.75 \| JP¥ 6485] Book number: 5374 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	D'ALBERT CHARLES.: Off to Charlestown Quadrille. London , Chappell & Co. C 1860's. With a fine ornate green and gilt lithographed cover by Stannard & Dixon . A series of mainly minstrel tunes turned into a quadrille Charles D'Albert(1809-1886)although born in Germany,his father was a French Cavalry captain and upon his death, D'Albert and his mother decamped to England. He became very famous as a dancing master and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne. He wrote the standard work Ballroom Etiquette and a large number of Polkas,Quadrilles and Galops and the Sultan's Polka and the Edinburgh Quadrille were especially popular. In later years he moved back to London. Folio size with music. With a cornet a piston version in Bb and also Ab Condition VG. € (euro) 30.00 [Appr.: US$ 45.18 \| £UK 27.5 \| JP¥ 3891] Book number: 6396 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN CHARLES:: Oh Would I Were a Bird That I Could Fly to Thee. London, Hopwood and Crew. late 1860's. With a tinted lithograph cover possibly by the artist H.C. Maguire of the counter tenor John Rawlinson. Kilgarriff lists 13 published songs from Rawlinson's repertoire. The composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this song and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Folio size with music. Condition very good. € (euro) 36.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.22 \| £UK 33 \| JP¥ 4669] Book number: 5211 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.

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	HODSON G.A. & NICHOLSON R .: Underneath the Shady Tree( an Invitation to the Ball). London, D'Almaine & Co .1847. Ornate lettered cover . Sung by the Female American Serenaders. This is a fascinating aside to the development of Minstrel music in Britain.We can precisely date the sheet as June 1847 through Neighbour & Tyson's work on plate numbers and it was barely a year from when the Ethiopian Serenaders first swept through Britain and caused such a furore and yet I can find no mention of the Female American Serenaders and yet here they are with a short list of 8 song titles on the front cover.The only reference I can find is that they performed at the Birmingham Town Hall on June 9th 1847 and that their stage names were Cora,Jumba, Woski, Miami,Yarico,Womba & Rosa. There is a portrait on a leaflet in the Birmingham City Archives. They also performed at the Egyptian Hall in LOndon in c 1860. Certainly by the 1860's there were other female troupes such as Cooper's Female Christy's, but not this early.Other Songs listed include The Phantom Canoe, Flora May, Racoon Hunters, We Come from Ohio and the Indian Gleaners. The lyricist R. Nicholson remains obscure but the composer George A Hodson( c1798-1863) has 5 songs listed in Kilgarriff mainly in the 1830's but at least 1 in the 1850's, he also performed songs including his own . This song is not listed Folio size with music..Condition VG. € (euro) 28.00 [Appr.: US$ 42.17 \| £UK 25.5 \| JP¥ 3632] Book number: 2372 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	HAWTHRONE ALICE ( WINNER S.): What Is Home without a Mother? London, T.Broome c 1869. Ornate lettered cover .Hawthorne also wrote Listen to the Mocking Bird.1855 What is home without a Mother 1854 and Whispering Hope 1869 and Song of the Farmer 1854 and was of course the nomme de plume of the publisher and composer Septimus Winner (1826-1902). Sung by Christy Minstrels and has a chorus for bass, tenor, alto and soprano. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 15.00 [Appr.: US$ 22.59 \| £UK 13.75 \| JP¥ 1946] Book number: 5373 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	NISH ANTHONY & HUNTER HARRY.: The Laughing Nigger Or I'm the Nig That's Always Laughing. London, J.A, Turner . 1870's. With a large oval coloured lithograph by Alfred Concanen of the noted Moore & Burgess minstrel Walter Howard. Howard(1842-1905) was originally with the Christy Minstrels and the Mohawk Minstrels before joining Pony Moore's all conquering troupe, Kilgarriff lists 30 songs sung by Howard who was a noted minstrel comedian and Harry Reynolds in Minstrel Memories quotes verses from two of Howard's songs. Alfred Concanen(1835-86) is considered to be the very best lithographic artist of the middle period, especially of music hall & minstrel material. The composer Anthony Nish was originally the conductor and arranger for Raynor's Minstrels before working with Moore & Burgess and composing with Hunter. Nish died in 1873 after a faulty tooth extraction Alfred Concanen(1835-86) is considered to be the very best lithographic artist of the middle period, especially of music hall and minstrel material. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 66.00 [Appr.: US$ 99.4 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8561] Book number: 7238 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	FRENCH ARTHUR & HUNTLEY WM. A: Must We Leave the Old Home ,Mother? Philadelphia, W.F. Shaw. (1883). with a monochrome Lithograph by Thomas Hunter of Philadelphia of family clearly being forced from their home and insets of the home and also the graveyard. The composer Wm. A. Huntley remains obscure but the lyricist Arthur French wrote Flirting on the Ice (1877)Trabling Back to georgia(1874) and Barney Take Me Home (1875) which cause the more famous ‘answer song’ I’ll Take you Home Again Kathleen and of course this song.Additionally with G. W Persley , French wrote Won’t you buy my Pretty Flowers in 1876 much sung by the Minstrel Troupes. Folio size with music. Some slight foxing on the outside edge else condition good/very good. € (euro) 22.00 [Appr.: US$ 33.13 \| £UK 20.25 \| JP¥ 2854] Book number: 983 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	WILLOUGHBY ARTHUR & ECCLES J.C.: I Wandered By the River . London, Hopwood & Crew. c 1860's . With a charming colour lithograph cover by Thomas Packer of a country scene viewed from the bank of a river with a skiff on the water and a house in the distance. Sadly, the lyric writer and composer remain obscure and so the only reason I have placed this in the minstrel section is because Hopwood & Crew published a very great deal of the minstrel material of the period and this song fits into that style.Folio with music. Small piece(insect) gnawed away on the outer edge but not affecting lithograph or music else VG. € (euro) 22.00 [Appr.: US$ 33.13 \| £UK 20.25 \| JP¥ 2854] Book number: 4680 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BARKER, GEORGE.: I'm Leaving Thee in Sorrow ,Annie! . London ,Chappell & Co. c 1852/3. With a blue and gold lettered cover by Stannard & Dixon . Sung by the noted Christy Minstrel ballad singer Dave S. Wambold. Neighbour & Tyson 's numbering ceases in November 1850 for Chappell's and barely 500 short of this plate number and so 1852/3 is a reasonable estimate of publication. David Wambold ( 1836-89) made his debut as a minstrel in 1849 in New York and was with Charles White's Minstrels 1853-6 and toured London in 1857 and then made a European tour in Raynor and Pierce's Minstrels and started the San Francisco Minstrels in 1859 . A tenor with a remarkable singing voice who specialised in sentimental songs. George Barker(1812-1876) was a noted tenor singer of the day as well as a composer of music whose most famous song was probably the Irish Emigrant. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 38.00 [Appr.: US$ 57.23 \| £UK 34.75 \| JP¥ 4929] Book number: 5379 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	SWIFT BENJAMIN & WATSON HENRY(ARR.).: Calmly on Thy Bosom Lying . Manchester, H. Henry & Co. 1863-4. 3rd edition. With an unsigned colour lithograph mainly lettered with the chorus hand written and set in a frame . A Companion song to Mother! Mother! Let me kiss Thee also by Benjamin Swift and sung with great success by Mr Wilson of the Christy Minstrels. The only minstrel Wilson I can find is Edgar Wilson and sadly no further information is forthcoming about him. The same is the case for Benjamin Swift. However Henry Watson (1846-1911) was an organist, pianist composer & conductor born in Burnley Lancashire who later went on to establish The Manchester Vocal Union with a Mr Henry Wilson. Most notably he conducted the choral class at Manchester Royal College of Music. We can date this piece as 1863-4 as the publisher was only at this address between those dates . This makes this arrangement(symphonies & accompaniments) by Henry Watson to have been completed when he was 17- 18 years of age. His collection of music is the basis for the famous Henry Watson Music Library. The publishing company of E.Henry & Co continued from 1863 until 1884Folio with music.. Rare.Condition VG. € (euro) 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 60.24 \| £UK 36.5 \| JP¥ 5188] Book number: 4682 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	TRAD. & O'CONNOR, BESSIE.: Radoo,Radoo,Radoo,Adieu (May the World Go Well with You). London, Francis Bros& Day . c 1882 . With a colour lithograph cover by Thomas Packer of a banjo with a ribbon tied around along which are the titles and then an inset illustration of a man playing a banjo to someone in a cabin. Words are from a Creole song and the word Radoo means adieu. The composer remains obscure. Folio size with music. Piano and also banjo version. Stitched down spine, Small piece lost on outer edge else VG. € (euro) 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 60.24 \| £UK 36.5 \| JP¥ 5188] Book number: 4115 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN, CHARLES.: Bird of Paradise. London, Metzler & Co c mid 1860's & hand dated 1868. With a gold coloured lithographic cover by Packer & Griffin, of the famous bird of paradise on the branch of a tree and together with it's long tail it forms a half frame for the titles, also in gold. he composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this song and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 45.00 [Appr.: US$ 67.77 \| £UK 41 \| JP¥ 5837] Book number: 6062 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN, CHARLES.: The Death of Stonewall Jackson, Recitative & Air. London, Brewer & Co c 1863. With a wonderful full length portrait in sepia colour of a young Stonewall Jackson by the major British lithographic artist John Brandard. There is a medium sized frame of black around the illustration .Clearly designed to be played and also the words to be recited as a tribute.The composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this piece and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Folio size with music. Condition VG. Rare. € (euro) 115.00 [Appr.: US$ 173.19 \| £UK 104.75 \| JP¥ 14916] Book number: 6059 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN, CHARLES.: I'll Meet Thee in the Lane When the Clock Strikes Nine. London Hopwood & Crew . c 1869. With a sepia portrait of the Christy Minstrel tenor John Rawlinson by Maguire.The counter tenor John Rawlinson. Kilgarriff lists 13 published songs from Rawlinson's repertoire. The composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this song and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Repaired very successfully, many years ago using a complete sheet of paper to strengthen and repair a tear that enters the portrait and also a small hole outside the portrait. Folio size with music. € (euro) 38.00 [Appr.: US$ 57.23 \| £UK 34.75 \| JP¥ 4929] Book number: 5375 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	NEWCOMB BOBBY.: Waiting for the Broadway Stage. New York, C.H. Ditson . (1868). With a monochrome lithograph front cover portrait of the noted composer performer Bobby Newcomb of the San Francisco Minstrels and signed alongside his portrait. Bobby Newcomb also wrote The Big Sunflower for the noted minstrel Billy Emerson( rated as one of the all time greats) as his theme tune.Newcomb, himself a minstrel also wrote There’s a Light in the window., but this is arguably his best song.An interesting story is quoted by Dichter & Shapiro in that Dan Emmett sent I wish I was in Dixie to Bobby Newcomb to sing and the publisher Werlein of New Orleans got hold of a copy and pirated a version that claimed that the words were written by a J.Newcomb and this in 1860 at the time of the legitimate publishing of the song. Folio size with music. Condition very good. Noted composer/performer € (euro) 28.00 [Appr.: US$ 42.17 \| £UK 25.5 \| JP¥ 3632] Book number: 987 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	THOMAS BRANDON.: Beside de Cabin Door. London, J. Bath .1890's. With ornate lettered cover. Described as an Ethiopian Ditty it was written composed and sung by the famous actor/writer of the farce Charley's Aunt ,Brandon Thomas(1857-1914) who after writing amusing and patriotic songs turned to writing and singing plantation & Ethiopian ditties.In 1892 Charley's Aunt ran for 4 years in London West End. Of course his major claim to fame are his plays but as the Green Room(1907) wrote' he has written several Coon songs to good effect'. This is one such. Rare. Folio size with music. € (euro) 36.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.22 \| £UK 33 \| JP¥ 4669] Book number: 3736 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BISHOP,T. BRIGHAM & BISSELL,T.: Moon Behind the Hill. London, Hopwood & Crew . mid 1860's. With a coloured lithographic cover by Concanen & Lee featuring the performers Rumsey & Newcomb's Minstrels and with a monochrome inset illustrating the song's title.Information is scant on Harry Rumsey and H.W. Newcomb's Minstrels who probably visited Britain some time after the end of the Civil War and Newcomb's Minstrels( alone)certainly played Woods Theatre New York in 1867.Perhaps the lasting value of this sheet lies in the artist Alfred Concanen's fine illustrated cover .Folio size with music. Slight trim across one outer corner edge else condition VG. € (euro) 50.00 [Appr.: US$ 75.3 \| £UK 45.75 \| JP¥ 6485] Book number: 2153 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BUCKLEY, FREDERICK: I'd Choose to Be a Daisy. London, Hopwood & Crew. c 1864. With a Red and Black lithographed cover of ornate lettering by almost certainly Netherclift. Frederick Buckley formed this pioneer blackface minstrel troupe with his brother George in 1853. As one of the first troupes to tour America, Buckley's Serenaders very much rivalled Edwin Christy's Minstrel's. The troupe disbanded sometime before the end of the American Civil War(1865).Having been born in England they visited in 1846 and again in 1860. This song has a back page advert listing their songs. This is the 100th edition indicating their popularity in such a short time. Fred Buckley died in 1864 and so clearly this edition was before 1864. A small repaired tear on outer edge and ½ inch piece missing from bottom edge else condition Good. Noted song. Folio with music. € (euro) 32.00 [Appr.: US$ 48.19 \| £UK 29.25 \| JP¥ 4151] Book number: 7244 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BUCKLEY, FREDERICK.: Ella Leane. London,Hopwood & Crew. c 1864. With a white and green lithographed cover of ornate lettering by Netherclift. Frederick Buckley formed this pioneer blackface minstrel troupe with his brother George in 1853. As one of the first troupes to tour America, Buckley's Serenaders very much rivalled Edwin Christy's Minstrel's. The troupe disbanded sometime before the end of the American Civil War(1865).Having been born in England they visited in 1846 and again in 1860. This song has a back page advert dated 1865.The front page advertises 8 songs composed by Frederick Buckley((1833-64) and is likely to have published prior to the composer's death. Condition VG. € (euro) 46.00 [Appr.: US$ 69.28 \| £UK 42 \| JP¥ 5966] Book number: 3380 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BUCKLEY, FREDERICK.: Oh If I Had Someone to Love Me London, Hopwood & Crew .1865. With a Red lettered lithographic cover unsigned. Frederick Buckley formed this pioneer blackface minstrel troupe with his brother George in 1853. As one of the first troupes to tour America, Buckley's Serenaders very much rivalled Edwin Christy's Minstrel's. The troupe disbanded sometime before the end of the American Civil War(1865).Having been born in England they visited in 1846 and again in 1860. This song has a back page advert dated 1865.The front page advertises 8 songs composed by Frederick Buckley((1833-64) and is likely to have published prior to the composer's death. Folio size with music. Condition VG. There is an advert for an album of dance on the back cover dated 1865 that assists dating. € (euro) 36.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.22 \| £UK 33 \| JP¥ 4669] Book number: 3739 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	WORK H.C.: Grandfather's Clock. London, Francis Bros & Day . 1877-81 With a full coloured lithograph by W. Spalding illustrating an older man seated in a chair by the Grandfather clock and next to the fire, with a kettle boiling and the fire high. A cat is asleep at his feet. Sung J.B. Ferrell of the Mohawk Minstrels and also John Read and Chas Clifford of the music hall. Henry C. Work(1832-1884) wrote some 80 songs including Marching through Georgia(1865)The Ship that never Returned(1868) and Grandfather's Clock (1876).Due to its success the song was also sung in H.J. Byron;s burlesque, Young Frau Diavolo. We can date this certainly between 1877 when Francis Bros & Day started and 1881 when Harry Hunter was persuaded to join them both in the Mohawks and in the publishing business. Folio size with music. Linen tape along spine else condition VG. € (euro) 52.00 [Appr.: US$ 78.31 \| £UK 47.5 \| JP¥ 6745] Book number: 7245 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	FOSTER STEPHEN C.: My Old Kentucky Home Goodnight. New York , Firth Pond & Co 1854/5. With monochrome very ornate lettered titles engraved by Wakelam and an inset circular scene of a moonlight beach. The song dated by Act of Congress 1853 although this is a 10th edition and so 1854/5 seems likely . This is song number 20 of Foster's Melodies and. The composer of course is Stephen Collins Foster(1826-64) whose songs have reverberated around the world across two centuries. As sung by the Christy's Minstrels is also highlighted which of course was Edwin Christy's Troupe Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 70.00 [Appr.: US$ 105.42 \| £UK 63.75 \| JP¥ 9079] Book number: 6935 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	WORK HENRY C: Ring the Bell Watchman. London , Chas. Sheard c 1870's-80's With a monochrome lithograph illustration unsigned with the top title in ornate lettering and two bells either side an d a rope hanging down making a frame for rest of titles. Henry C. Work(1832-1884) wrote some 80 songs including Marching through Georgia(1865)The Ship that never Returned(1868). Kilgarriff lists Root as the composer and it was first published by Williams & Co in Britain in 1872, though it was actually copyrighted by Henry Clay Work in 1865. Folio size with music. Condition VG € (euro) 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 30.12 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2594] Book number: 6061 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	NELLA & BERNSTEIN CARL.: Belle Mahone's Reply . London , Chas. Sheard c 1869 . With Ornate lettered titles . The original Belle Mahone was written by J.H. McNaughton in America in 1865. This was a British answer song that in London at least was extremely popular though the composer is obscure and Kilgariff reports that Nella's contract has been mislaid by the current owners of the song E.M.I. so the pseudonym remains intact. Sheard, the publisher claims every Christy minstrel troupe is singing it and is always encored!. It has a tenor, alto and bass harmony to the tune in the chorus. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 30.12 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2594] Book number: 5377 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	MINASI, CARLO. & LINDA, CHAS.: Call Her Back & Kiss Her. London Hopwood & Crew 1869 . Folio with music. With a sepia coloured lithograph portrait by Henry Maguire of the early Moore & Burgess Minstrel singer Alfred Rennolf, who is sadly obscure. The composer Carlo Minasi wrote a Galop based on the Perfect Cure song in 1865 and The Juvenile Quadrille on minstrel tunes for Metzler .In 1846, an 'Instruction Book for the Use of Learners of the German Concertina, of Twenty Keys and Ten Keys' by Carlo Minasi was published. The lyric writer Charles Linda has only one other song listed in Kilgarriff, The Showman. The artist family of Maguire were very interesting. The elder Maguire(H.C.) died in 1860 and thus mainly worked in monochrome lithography for the work of Madame Vestris and the more serous music. His son with the same first names worked from the beginnings of Music Hall and illustrated a very large number of Arthur Lloyd's hit songs, the Great Vance,Nellie Power and Harry Rickards. Some say in output he almost matched Concanen's for a while in the 1860's & 70's. There is a music sellers stamp of 14/1/1869 and a dated review on the back of July 1867. Spine edge separated and small light stain centre of outer edge else condition condition Good. € (euro) 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 60.24 \| £UK 36.5 \| JP¥ 5188] Book number: 4337 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN, CHARLES & ECCLES, J.H.: The Angel's Are Waiting for Me. London Hopwood & Crew c 1869. With a beautiful gold and blue lettered cover inset within blue and gold frames. Sung by the counter tenor John Rawlinson. Kilgarriff lists 13 published songs from Rawlinson's repertoire.The lyric writer Eccles remains obscure. The composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this song and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Folio size with music. Condition VG. € (euro) 50.00 [Appr.: US$ 75.3 \| £UK 45.75 \| JP¥ 6485] Book number: 5374 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	D'ALBERT CHARLES.: Off to Charlestown Quadrille. London , Chappell & Co. C 1860's. With a fine ornate green and gilt lithographed cover by Stannard & Dixon . A series of mainly minstrel tunes turned into a quadrille Charles D'Albert(1809-1886)although born in Germany,his father was a French Cavalry captain and upon his death, D'Albert and his mother decamped to England. He became very famous as a dancing master and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne. He wrote the standard work Ballroom Etiquette and a large number of Polkas,Quadrilles and Galops and the Sultan's Polka and the Edinburgh Quadrille were especially popular. In later years he moved back to London. Folio size with music. With a cornet a piston version in Bb and also Ab Condition VG. € (euro) 30.00 [Appr.: US$ 45.18 \| £UK 27.5 \| JP¥ 3891] Book number: 6396 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.
	BLAMPHIN CHARLES:: Oh Would I Were a Bird That I Could Fly to Thee. London, Hopwood and Crew. late 1860's. With a tinted lithograph cover possibly by the artist H.C. Maguire of the counter tenor John Rawlinson. Kilgarriff lists 13 published songs from Rawlinson's repertoire. The composer of the song Charles Blamphin (1830/1-95) the harpist as well as a composer with initially Templeton's Minstrels and then the Christy Minstrels and Kilgarriff lists only 7 songs published but he actually wrote many more than that including this song and certainly Harry Reynolds, perhaps rather surprisingly, in his Minstrel Memories rates Blamphin just a few notches below the great Stephen Foster. Folio size with music. Condition very good. € (euro) 36.00 [Appr.: US$ 54.22 \| £UK 33 \| JP¥ 4669] Book number: 5211 Click here to order or inquire at Olde Musick & Cokery Books.