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Real Sailor Songs, John Ashton, 1891
Real Sailor Songs by John Ashton, 1891 Title page of Real Sailor Songs by John Ashton, 1891 Battle of Trafalgar from Real Sailor Songs by John Ashton, 1891 In Charles Town River by Real Sailor Songs by John Ashton, 1891
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Ashton, John : Real Sailor Songs. The Leadenhall Press, London. 1891. Tall 4to approx. 350mm x 230mm. Recent binding, half calf over buckram. 5 raised bands, red title piece with gilt title, gilt date and author to spine. Title, red and black with vignette, imprint to verso, Dedication to the Duke of Edinburgh, verso blank, preface [4], Index [6], Explanatory notes [1], engraved vignette to verso, 98 leaves plus 32 mounted broadsides, Printers illustrated adverts [2]. Bright and clean pages with strong print indent to many pages. Some very light offset from Broadside mounts to facing page. One mark to one blank edge of one page. With 200 woodblock illustrations Ashton organises his collection to the themes of Sea Fights, Press-gang, Disaster, Ashore and Love. Illustrations within the text, many humorous, highlight elements or decorate the words within the songs, such as, The Shannon and Chesapeake, Lords Anson and Hawke, A Jolly Jack Tar and the Battle of Trafalgar. An interesting collection and attractive commentary of the life and times of sailors lives through song.
Cat. No. 90837                                                      £275

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