A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. TWEED SIDE; MY NANIE, O; HIGHLAND LADDIE; UP IN THE MORNING EARLY; FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.
Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market, Where may also be had, a large and curious Assortment of Songs, Ballads, Tales, Histories, &c. [nd. but c. 1805]. First edition. Chapbook. Self wrapper, untrimmed. Pictorial woodcut vignette on title of a woman and a man in swirling landscape. A very nice copy. OCLC: 1181008108
First edition. These small, inexpensive eight-page booklets were often illustrated with woodcuts and printed on coarse laid paper with horizontal chain lines. Chapbooks (called garlands if they included songs) were a popular form of entertainment in the 18th and early 19th centuries and the principal way that ordinary people encountered songs and poetry. They were distributed by traveling "chapmen" who sold the books at markets and door-to-door in rural areas. Chapbooks often included poems by more than one author, and the authors were not identified. Although not identified, the prolific versifier Robert Burns has contributed two poems to this publication, “My Nanie, O,” and “Up in the Morning Early.”. Item #752
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Price: $75.00