Buy this book on-line Abbey, Edwin A.; Parsons, Alfred : Old Songs; With Drawings by Edwin A. Abbey & Alfred ParsonsHarper & Brothers, New York, 1889
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. 9 1/2" x 12." 122 pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight wear to edges, corners, and front and back outer joints. A Very Good, almost Near Fine copy. A collection of "old songs" by different authors. Beautiful, meticulously detailed illustrations by Edwin A. Abbey and Alfred Parsons accompany the songs. Edwin A. Abbey (1852-1911) was an American painter and illustrator. He is perhaps best-known for his illustrations of subjects pertaining to Shakespeare and the Victorian era. Alfred Parsons (1847-1920) was an English illustrator, painter, and garden designer. Parsons became well-known for his landscape paintings and botanical illustrations. The following are the song titles: "A Love Song," "Why canst Thou not, as Others do," "'With Jockey to the Fair," "Sweet Nelly, my Heart's Delight," "What hap had I to Marry a Shrow," "The Leather Bottel," "Never Love Thee More," "Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen," "Barbara Allen," "Perigot and Cuddy's Roundclay," "Sally in Our Alley," "Early One Morning," "Kitty of Coleraine," "Old King Cole," "Harvest Home," "Down in Cupid's Garden," and Phillada Flouts Me.". Illustr.: Abbey, Edwin A.; Parsons, Alfred. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Abbey, Edwin A.; Parsons, Alfred : Old Songs; With Drawings by Edwin A. Abbey & Alfred Parsons. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, atlases, incunabula, out-of-print books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |