SHARP, CECIL J[ames] and MARSON, CHARLES L[atimer]:: FOLK SONGS FROM SOMERSET - SECOND SERIES. GATHERED AND EDITED WITH PIANOFORTE ACCOMPANIMENT AND AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.[Songs 28 to 54.]

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SHARP, CECIL J[ames] and MARSON, CHARLES L[atimer]: : FOLK SONGS FROM SOMERSET - SECOND SERIES. GATHERED AND EDITED WITH PIANOFORTE ACCOMPANIMENT AND AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.[Songs 28 to 54.]

LONDON.SIMKIN & CO.,LTD.,MCMV (1905).

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UK,Qrto wraps,1st edn thus.Near FINE.No owner inscrptn.Publisher's original,bright,crisp, clean,generally sharp-cornered,stiff,brown paper covers with chocolate-brown lettering to front, an unlettered spine/backstrip which has a 1.4" split and curl to its head and an approx. 1.5" split with an approx 1/4" loss on bottom of the split,at the foot of spine/backstrip - no other nicks,tears or splits present,rear cover plain brown without lettering; negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges with indubitably aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases - but a cluster of accidental,uniform lower corner tips to pp57-76,caused by accidental corner crease to concomitant corner of rear cover - but no other creases to other pages' corner tips - else appears unread,other than my own collation,and was probably unused.UK,Qrto wraps,1st edn thus, xi-xvpp+3-76pp [paginated] includes an introduction with a blank verso,a contents list/ table also with a blank verso,songs (28-54 of 130 in 5 book series,by this publisher,1904-11) with musical notation and notes on the songs at the rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication by permission to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,each with a blank verso,title separator page with musical notation for first song 'Earl Richard' to its verso,and as last pages,a Notes on the Songs separator page with blank verso. Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional for a book of it's age (117 years) and ephemeral nature,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal faults described,that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for completeness,brightness and cleanliness. Cecil James Sharp (b. 22nd November,1859 – d. 23rd June,1924) was an English-born folk song collector,musician and composer.He was a key leader of the folk-song revival in England as a collector,archivist,teacher and promoter.He gathered thousands of tunes both from rural England and the Southern Appalachians region of the United States,and wrote an influential volume,'English Folk Song: Some Conclusions.' Charles Latimer Marson (b. 16th May,1859 – d. 3rd March,1914) was an influential figure in the second wave of Christian Socialism in England in the 1880s.Later between 1903 and 1906 he collaborated with his good friend Cecil Sharp in the collection and publication of 'Folk Songs of Somerset.' volumes 1-5 which contributing greatly to the first British folk revival. Unfortunately the two men quarreled in 1906 and their 17-year friendship came to an end. Sharp went on to become an authority on folk music and dance. Marson resumed his writing and parish work but died suddenly of angina pectoris' in March 1914,aged 54. Sharp undertook the piano arrangements,while Marson was the lyrics editor.Sharp used Somerset songs both in his school work and in his public lectures,as he mounted a press campaign to rescue English folk song from oblivion. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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