Lot 454
Collection of 26 19th Century Song Sheets. Eighteen are listed in Wolf's American Song Sheets, Slip Ballads and Poetical Broadsides (Philadelphi: Library Col, 1963). Many have decorative borders (four are colored). Titles include: "John Brown"; "Three Hundred Thousand More," beginning "We are coming, Father Abraam…."; "Sweet Mississippi"; and "The Sword of Bunker-Hill"; and "Witching Dinah Crow."" Sizes vary, the largest being 9¾x6"; each is housed in an archival mylar holder. Condition is very good to fine; some toning, edge chips, and small paper loss. Song sheets are single, printed sheets, usually 6x8", with lyrics but no music. Accompanied by six pieces of advertising ephemera: three touting organs and/or piano, one a camera, one a stationery store, and one the 1916 San Diego World's Fair.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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