Cecil Sharp Esther Mackinnon (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. MacKINNON, Esther B. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good condition, quarto, printed boards, tan cloth spine, wear to corners, gift inscription on front free end paper, slight loosening, pages clean and bright and illustrated with Esther MacKinnon's charming silhouettes. 32 pages unpaginated. Contains: The Frog and the mouse; The Sally Buck;m The Little Pig; The Swapping Song; Soldier, Soldier wont you marry me?; Cocky Robin; Good Old Man; The Bird Song; The Squirrel; Poor Old Maid; The Old Grey Goose; Charlie Sweet; Some Love Coffee; Will You Wear red?; Cripple Creek; The Jack-fish; The Tottenham Tad; What'll we do with the Baby? [QP].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good minus. Contains 17 songs. Large: 31 by 25 cm size.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. MacKinnon, Esther (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Songs from Appalachia for young children, collected & arranged with pianoforte accompaniment by Cecil J. Sharp, illustrated in silhouette by Esther MacKinnon. From March 1935, orig. price One Shilling intact to front cover. In [3]+19+[3] pp. One in a series of early 20th-century children's music books (Book 340 in their School Songs series) issued by Novello and Company of London, a major music publisher founded in 1811. Silhouette illustrations provided by Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (1885-1934), a Scottish artist known for her paintings and engravings. Cecil J. Sharp, who collected & arranged these pieces with pianoforte accompaniment, was widely considered a key figure in the preservation & revival of folk song and music in in England during the Edwardian period. In light blue wrappers lettered & decorated with black silhouette figures to front cover. 8vo. Stitched binding, intact. Condition is Near Fine, with very mild surface soiling. Interior completely clean & unmarked. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Mackinnon, Esther B. (illustrator). 2 vols. Boards rubbed with the odd small mark, corners bumped. Gutters cracked and binding loose, endpapers lightly foxed, ink inscrips. to ffep, else pp generally clean and bright. Size: Folio.

Hardback. Condition: Vg First Edition Almost New. Esther B Mackinnon (illustrator). First Edition. Pages not numberedf, but 18 songs with music & illus. throughout., good clean text & well bound first edition Size: Large 4to. Nursery Music.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Esther B. Mackinnon (illustrator). 2 vols. Folio. First and Second Series. 1921;1923. Light coloured paper boards illustrated and lettered in black, quarter bound in light brown cloth. Edge wear and bumped and worn corners, volume one with a few little repaired tears in the margins and light staining to a couple pages, but overall a good clean and attractive set of books. Illustrated throughout in silhouette by Esther B. MacKinnon, with musical accompaniment by Cecil B. Sharp.

A book of nursery songs for children, accompanied throughout with silhouette style illustrations. Includes eighteen (18) songs, each with lyrics and the accompanying piano sheet music. Published in large format to feel more like a picture book for children. Titles include "The Frog and the Mouse", "The Bird Song", and "The Old Grey Goose". Single vol. (12.5" by 9.75"), pp. [36], illus., in original illus. boards with silhouette of child at piano on front, early ink ownership signature to upper board ("Sydney Richardson") and early ink date to upper flyleaf ("June 1924"). Approx. 10 copies on WorldCat (May 2025). Good. Dust soiling, extremities worn, boards a little bowed.