Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 208

Price Realized: $ 75
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150
(MUSIC.) Volume of mid-19th century sheet music. 67 pieces of sheet music, some with illustrated covers, in one volume. Folio, contemporary 1/2 sheep, moderate wear and boards a bit warped, initials of compiler M.A.M. gilt-stamped on backstrip; intermittent dampstaining, a few short tears, a bit musty. Vp, 1848-90

Additional Details

Highlights include early printings of Stephen Foster's Beautiful Dreamer (New York: Pond, 1864) and a Civil War song, "Write a Letter to My Mother" by Bowers and Isaacs (New York, 1864).