Olden-Time Music, A Compilation from Newspapers and Books

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888 Printed at University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. Hardcover, 8vo, in grey cloth with illustration in black to front board, spine with titles in gilt, 283 pp. T.e.g. tinted ochre. Condition: Good. Shelf-wear to head and tail of spine, gently rubbed corners. A few small bubbles in the cloth application to the boards. The interior is uniformly age-toned and generally clean, with a few speckles to endpapers. Small closed tear to half title page. Hinges intact. ** Presumably the seventh of the "Olden-Time" series of publications begun in the Spring of 1886 by the publisher, with materials taken chiefly from from Boston and Salem newspapers. In his introduction, Edward S. Morse describes how the author presents "a quaint collection of facts of interest to the antiquary and the ethnologist." Of particular interest to those interested in New England social life and culture. Author Henry Mason Brooks (1822-1898) would continue this series with books on other topics, including The Old Lottery, Days of the Spinning Wheel, New England Sundays, Quaint and Curious Advertisements, Some Strange and Curious Punishments, and Literary Curiosities. OCLC 457160760.. Hard cover. Good.