A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. THE COUNTRY CLUB; THE CHANDLER'S SHOP; PADDY M' SHANE'S SEVEN AGES.
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, presumably, the Gentlemen of the Quizzical Society around a table laden with food and drink at "The Country Club." A very nice copy. OCLC: 1012015510
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. . Item #753
Price: $75.00