Folk Song Tunes & Morris Dances Compiled and Arranged for Piano by Arthur Purcell

In good plus condition, original sheet music book containing 36 arrangements for historic English pieces including Widdicombe Fair, Sellenger’s Round, The Cuckoo’s Nest and Oranges and Lemons. Card covers age toned; just a little bumped to corners; nicked to top and tail; cracking over spine; tape repair to lower spine. Red tinted cover illustration features traditional dancers performing with handkerchiefs and ribbons; blind stamped ‘Sharples Pianos Ltd, Church St, Blackpool’. Contents clean and fresh with occasional pencil ticks and written notes. Advertisements to lower cover.

A lovely piece of our cultural history which preserves England’s traditional dances and rural heritage.