(ILLINOIS) Group of pre fire Chicago sheet music

Sale 2517 - Lot 107

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(ILLINOIS.) Group of pre-fire Chicago sheet music. 15 items, each about 14 x 10 1/2 inches; various conditions, a few with moderate dampstaining or short tape repairs. Chicago, copyrights 1853-69

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All but two of these pieces were published by the Chicago firm of Root & Cady, founded in 1858 and bankrupted by the fire in 1871; some are undated. Jefferys & Bellini, "Norma's Song [Where are Now the Hopes I Cherished]" Smith & Catlin, "Darling Minnie Lee," 1866 Balfe, "Bohemian Girl, Then You'll Remember Me" Rexford & Murray, "When Sue and I went Skating," 1868 (illustrated) Tennyson & Dolores, "The Brook" Caldwell, "Name Me in Thy Prayer," 1868 (illustrated chromolithograph cover) Glover, "What are the Wild Waves Saying" Morris & King, "The Happy Daughters," 1868? Bridewell, "Nasby's Lament over the New York Nominations," 1868 Root & Slade, "Somewhere!," 1869 Work, "Dad's a Millionaire," 1867 Howard, "Little Barefoot," 1866 Hosmer, "O Give Me a Home by the Sea," 1853. Two were issued by other publishers: Webster, "The Sweet By-and-By," Lyon & Healy, 1868 Work, "Lost on the Lady Elgin," J.L. Peters, 1861 (illustrated).