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13 SCOTTISH SONGSTERS: The National Songbook [&] Scottish Comic Songster etc

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A collection of 13 Scottish popular songster volumes - pocket-sized, cheap anthologies of song texts - that played a role in 19th-century Scotlan… Read more
Published in c1854 - 1860 by John Cameron; George Cameron.
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A collection of 13 Scottish popular songster volumes - pocket-sized, cheap anthologies of song texts - that played a role in 19th-century Scotland by democratizing music access, preserving traditional repertoire, and reinforcing Scottish cultural identity

This small, sturdy volume contains 12 Glasgow and 1 Edinburgh songsters, bound in red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Binding square and sound. Endpapers clean and fresh. Pleasingly each songster is in its original wrapper. Unmarked throughout. A lovely collection. Contents include:

1. The Popular Songster. John Cameron: Glasgow, undated. 64pp. plus advertisements.

2. The Popular Melodist. John Cameron: Glasgow, undated. 64pp. plus advertisements.

3. The Gems of Song. John Cameron: Glasgow, undated. 63pp. plus advertisements.

4. The British Songster. John Cameron: Glasgow, undated. 64pp. plus advertisements. Small loss to final leaf of ads.

5. The National Songbook. George Cameron: Glasgow, 1856. 64pp. plus advertisements.

6. The Budget of Song. John Cameron: Glasgow, undated. 64pp. plus advertisements.

7. The Cream of British Song. John Cameron: Glasgow, undated. 64pp. plus advertisements.

8. The People’s Songster. John Cameron: Glasgow, undated. 63pp. plus advertisements.

9. Scottish Comic Songster. George Cameron: Glasgow, 1856. 64pp. plus advertisements.

10. Casket of Comic Songs and Stories. John Cameron: Glasgow, undated. 64pp. plus advertisements.

11. The Comic Vocalist’s Budget. Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers. 64pp. plus advertisements.

12. The Universal Comic Song Book. Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers. 64pp. plus advertisements.

13. Miller’s New Comic Songster. Edinburgh: JM Miller, undated. 64pp. plus advertisements.


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Publisher John Cameron; George Cameron
Date published c1854 - 1860
Subject 1 Book
First edition Yes
Product code 9872


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