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First edition. Broadside. Single sheet measuring 3" x 9.75" printed on thin-stock paper on recto only. Contemporary neat ink date in lower margin, very likely in the author's hand: "26th Aug. 1896". Ex-library copy, with an old, small rubberstamp at top margin and noting in early pencil: 'Dup,' with initials, dated 1911. Text is tanned and lightly foxed, with two short closed edge tears mended on verso, else a very good copy. The essay by Addison, written in eight paragraphs (approximately 70 lines, in part): "I propose to revive some of the good old songs of pioneer days, and in a style by which any plain music can be written as readily as a letter. In a paper that I published in 1850- The American Advertiser- (the first penny paper published in Cleveland), I find the following that was written by some genius when Negro minstrelsy was in the height of its glory [followed by the entire three-stanza text of the song entitled, "The Songs of Yore," which states (in part)]: "Alas! The good old songs of yore Have quite gone out of date. Give me the song of 'Hours There Were,' That come warm from the heart. I care not what belongs To the list of 'nigger'- pshaw!- I mean/ Of fashionable songs." Also prints brief excerpts from the first three songs he proposes to publish, and concludes, ". If my first effort is moderately successful it will not be my last" (followed by the author's name and address in Cleveland, Ohio). Very scarce. *OCLC* lists one holding [Yale], and no other publications by this author. Seller Inventory # 512277
Bibliographic Details
Title: Old Songs Revised
Publisher: H. M. Addison, Cleveland, Ohio
Publication Date: 1896
Binding: Unbound
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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