10 Small Chapbooks Of Songs By Murphy Circa 1840-50 With Songs, Engravings

(10) Early Chap Books- The Bunker Hill Songster. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York. Wm. H. Murphy, Printer and Publisher. N.D. [ca. 1840]. 34 pp. Illustrated. 2 3/4" x 4 3/8". Tan, light green, and yellow printed paper wraps, illustrated with comic view of a Revolutionary War soldier. A small chapbook of contemporary song dealing with war, patriotism, sentiment, blacks, and comedy. References to contemporary singers, composers, and patriots (e.g., the Ethiopian Singers). Contains “The Green Mountain Boys” by William Cullen Bryant. Decorated with woodcuts of an eagle, butterfly, flower, and a row of soldiers, as well as a full-page woodcut and the comic cover illustration.

Light toning and some smudging of the paper wraps. One or two are loose but holding. 1840-50 Period and not reproductions!

Notes: Used some smudging and wear, 2 pamphlets with loose covers but holding

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4.375 inches" x 0.01 inch" x 2.75 inches"

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