Sheffield Songs - The Songs of Joseph Mather - To Which are Added a Memoir of Mather & Miscellaneous Songs Relating to Sheffield

Mather, Joseph / Wilson, John ( Introduction & Notes )

Published by Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield, 1862

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1862 1st edition. 120pp. Good/None. Bound in original blind stamped lilac cloth boards, with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, some patchy soiling/fading. Contents clean and tight but for minor soiling/browning. A collection of songs and verse by Sheffield resident Joseph Mather (1737-1804). Mather worked as a file cutter, but was also a Wesleyan Methodist preacher. To supplement his meagre income he performed as a street singer, singing his own songs. Many of these dipict the poverty of life in the area of Sheffield in which he lived, and many have a political element. He was illiterate, but his songs were written down by others and collected in this volume posthumously. Very scarce in original binding. Seller Inventory # 006544

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sheffield Songs - The Songs of Joseph Mather...

Publisher: Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield

Publication Date: 1862

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition