Cincinnati: Peters & Field, 1850. First US Edition. Printed wraps. Good. Composed by Francois Hunten. 6pp; some spotty foxing, archival spine reinforcement. Piano music. 13" x 10". (more information)

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Cincinnati: Peters & Field, 1850. First US Edition. Printed wraps. Good. Composed by Francois Hunten. 6pp; trace of foxing, archival spine reinforcement. Piano music. 13" x 10". (more information)

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NY Leo. Feist 1919., 1919. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial covers and contents in very good condition. 10.5" x 7.25" (4)pp Contains lyric, melody line, and piano accompaniment. The ars nouveau cover features columns, jugs, vines, & singing parrots. Contains two verses and a chorus. In part: "Down in Alabama when the breeze begins to sigh, Seems to softly murmur just the sweetest lullaby, Each dear old Mammy in old Alabam' Huddles and cuddles her own honey lam'; `Little Pickaninny, close your eyes and go to sleep, Moon am swingin' low and spooky shadows 'gin to creep'.". Illustrated by cover designed by "RS". First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Leo. Feist 1919., 1919. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial covers and contents in very good condition. 11" x 7.75" (4)pp Contains lyric, melody line, and piano accompaniment. The ars nouveau cover features columns, jugs, vines, & singing parrots. Contains two verses and a chorus. In part: "Down in Alabama when the breeze begins to sigh, Seems to softly murmur just the sweetest lullaby, Each dear old Mammy in old Alabam' Huddles and cuddles her own honey lam'; `Little Pickaninny, close your eyes and go to sleep, Moon am swingin' low and spooky shadows 'gin to creep'.". Illustrated by cover designed by "RS". First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Joe Morris Music (1918)., 1918. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Name and address stamped on cover, else near very good condition. 13.5" x 10.5" (4)pp The cover by E.H. Pfeiffer features a stylized Uncle Sam bouncing a baby, become a boy in uniform, become a soldier. Dedicated to Privates James and Raymond Sterling, U.S.A. Two verses and a chorus, in part: "This is just another story of a mother and three sons, How she gave them to Old Glory like a million other ones . One bears a gun, and is beating back the Hun on the banks of the River Marne .". Illustrated by cover illus by E.H. Pfeiffer. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Philadelphia G. Andre nd [ca. 1870]., 1870. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Scattered foxing on cover borders, else in very good condition. 14" x 10.75" 8pp Comprises piano music, vocal line, and lyrics in Italian and English. In part: "Bene ridicolo, Quel cor geloso. / Life's early sweetest day Glides like a dream away.". Illustrated by floral design on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Firth, Pond & Co. (1853)., 1853. Soft cover. Covers and contents in fine condition. 13.5" x 10" 6pp Comprises three verses. In part: "There's a wound in my spirit, No balm can e'er heal; In my soul is a sorrow, No voice can reveal.". Illustrated by scrollwork frame on cover. later printing edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: J. Andrews, Printer, 1865. First Edition. Unbound. Very Good. Broadside, decorative border. [Wolf, American Song Sheets, #44.] In part: "Dear Annie, is it you there, safe and well alone.O Annie, I did miss you--you know it very well." 9.5" x 5.75". (more information)

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NY: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1906. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. de Takacs. Words by William Jerome. Music by Jean Schwartz. As sung in Chas. Frohman's production.."The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer." Comprises 8 pages of words and music, in part: "Honey, do you love me dearly? Honey, tell me, tell me, do.." 13.5 x 10.5". (more information)

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NY William Hall & Son 1853., 1853. Soft cover. Removed, spine reinforced and in very good condition. 13" x 10" (6)pp Piano music, no lyric. Illustrated by embellished cover title. Early Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Boston Oliver Ditson 1845., 1845. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Archival spine reinforcement and in very good condition. 13" x 10" (6)pp A young lady had visited the South for her health, but finding that she hourly grew worse, her friends hurried her home. In part: "`Are we almost there? are we almost there? Said a dying girl, as she drew near home, Are those our poplar trees that rear Their forms so high? 'gainst the heavens blue dome. Then she talked of her flowers.". Illustrated by embellished drop-title. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: F. Riley, 1850. First US Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. With variations for the piano forte by T. Valentine. 4pp; archival spine reinforcement. Piano music. 13" x 10". (more information)

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NY G. Schirmer (1915)., 1915. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paper covers and contents in very good condition. 13.75" x 10.5" (6)pp Contains lyrics, melody line for Low Voice in F, and piano accompaniment. Two verses and a chorus. In part: "Let me hold you close to my heart, Brush your tears away, dear, while a fond `Auf Wiedersehn' You shall hear me say, dear.". 1st edn thus. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Baltimore F.D. Benteen nd [ca. 1840s]., 1840. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Archival spine reinforcement, spotty foxing, else good condition. 13.5" x 10" 4pp Music only, no lyrics. First Edition. Binding is self-wraps. (more information)

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NY G. Schirmer 1865., 1865. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Few spots of foxing, else in very good condition. 14" x 10.75" 8pp Comprises piano music, vocal line, and lyrics in Latin and English. In part: "Ave Maria Gratia plena. / Hear us O Father, now we implore thee.". Illustrated by cover illus by N. Pearson. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Cincinnati Mason, Colburn 1848., 1848. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Archival spine reinforcement, and in very good condition. 13" x 10" (8)pp Music only, no lyrics. Illustrated by embellished cover title. 1st US Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1847. First US Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Sur des Motifs des l'Opera "Les Quattre Fils Avinon" par Charles Grobe. Compose pour le Mademoiselle Elizabeth Simpson. 4pp; neatly removed. Piano music. 13" x 10". (more information)

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Boston Oliver Ditson nd [ca. 1850]., 1850. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Archival spine reinforcement, and in very good condition. 13" x 10" (6)pp On the cover, a young woman on her Venetian balcony is being serenaded by a lad standing in a boat and playing a lute. In part: "Oh, steal to thy lattice, the moonlight so tender Accords with the sadness that shadows my breast; The sea seems to sleep in the light of its splendor, And all the gay city is sinking to rest.". Illustrated by lithographed view on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Firth, Pond nd [ca. 1850]., 1850. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Dampstain in upper corner, else in good condition. 13" x 10" (8)pp In part: "Seek not to know the future, Be happy while you may, Nor cloud with dark fore-knowledge The sunshine of to-day.I will not cheat you, Maiden, My Gipsy skill you seek, This only of the future The Gipsy girl can speak.". Illustrated by Sarony & Major color litho. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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N-Y, &c. William A. Pond et al (1864)., 1864. Soft cover. Spine reinforced and in very good condition. 13" x 9.75" 6pp First published in 1862. Comprises three verses. In part: "Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Star-light and dew-drops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!.". Illustrated by embellished cover title. 1864 editionst. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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N-Y William A. Pond (1865)., 1865. Soft cover. Edges lightly chipped, else near very good condition. 14" x 10.75" 6pp First published in 1862. Comprises three verses. In part: "Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Star-light and dew-drops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!.". Illustrated by scrollwork frame on cover. 1865 editionst. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY William A. Pond (1864)., 1864. Soft cover. Neatly removed; faint dampmark on corner; else in good condition. 13" x 10.25" 6pp First published in 1862. Comprises three verses. In part: "Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Star-light and dew-drops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!.". Illustrated by scrollwork frame on cover. 1864 editionst. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY William A. Pond (1864)., 1864. Soft cover. Spine reinforced; faint dampmark on corner; else good condition. 13.75" x 10" 6pp First published in 1862. Comprises three verses. In part: "Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Star-light and dew-drops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!.". Illustrated by scrollwork frame on cover. 1864 editionst. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Philadelphia W.H. Boner nd [ca. 1870]., 1870. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paper covers and contents in very good condition. 14" x 10.75" (8)pp Contains lyrics, melody line, and piano accompaniment. In part: "Why droop the roses lorn and pale, that once were gay and bright? Why mournful sings the nightingale, upon the tranced night?.I come to thee, my love, I come to thee, my love, I come to thee, to thee because thy heart is mine." Tours, a violinist and composer, was born in Rotterdam. Illustrated by embellished cover title. 1st US Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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San Francisco: Bell & Company, 1870. First Edition. Unbound. Very Good. Broadside; decorative border. Not in Wolf, American Song Sheets. Bell was at 639 Kearny Street. 12.5" x 4.5". (more information)

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Cincinnati: Colburn & Field, 1852. First US Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Composed by Henry D. Sofge. Dedicated to Mrs. W.W. Warden. 4pp; spiine reinforced. Piano music. 13" x 10". (more information)

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NY Chappell-Harms 1917., 1917. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Color-pictorial covers and contents in very good condition. 12.25" x 9.25" (8)pp Contains lyrics, melody line, and piano accompaniment. In part: "The bells of St. Mary's at sweet eventide Shall call me beloved, to come to your side, And out in the valley in sound of the sea, I know you'll be waiting, yes waiting for me.". First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Baltimore W.C. Peters 1848., 1848. Soft cover. Archival spine reinforcement, and in very good condition. 13" x 10" (8)pp The cover picture and title are surrounded with an elaborate, embossed frame. In part: "Oh! don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt -- Sweet Alice with hair so brown, She wept with delight when you gave her a smile, And trembled with fear at your frown.". Illustrated by gilt cover title & vignette. Tenth Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Charles Magnus, 1862. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. The colored birdseye view of long buildings and tents in rows, large buildings in background, is captioned "Armory Hospital". In part: "If you walk through the streets of New York City, You can daily see the subject I have chosen for my ditty; Upon almost every fence and wall that you may espy, Posted bills of every size and shape, is sure to meet your eye." Describes how the bills and broadsides, pasted over each other, create a jumble of words: "`Arthemus Ward will give a lecture,' `price fifty cents a box,' `Use the Old Dominion coffee pot,' and `buy your hats of Knox'.`Read Napoleon's Life of Caesar' `In this week's Police Gazette,' `Go to the Winter Garden' `cheap groceries to get'., &c., &c. In all, five 8-line verses. American Song Sheets., #139, issue a. 8.25" x 5". (more information)

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NY: Dubois & Bacon, 1850. First US Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Composed by Francis Panormo. 3pp. "For the Harp or PianoForte." 13" x 10". (more information)

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