Undated but circa 1895. A selection of sheet music songs from the 1890s, many published by well-known London music publishers such as Boosey & Son, Chappell & Co, Metzler & Co etc. Bound into a single volume. Deep red cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on front panel. Folio. Covers are a little worn, rubbed at corners, joints and spine ends, front panel slightly bowed. Internally there's a little page toning, and some spotting, especially on title pages; and almost every title page has a date and name written in manuscript, else generally neat and clean. Bookbinder's ticket (from John Bellow's Steam Press, Gloucester) on the front paste down.
A collection of songs, with musical scores, including Love's Nocturne (words by F E Weatherly, music by Lawrence Kellie); Queen of the Roses (words by Sydney Grundy, music by Arthur Sullivan); Venetian Song (words by B C Stevenson, music by Paolo Tosti); The Song You Sang To Me (words by Clifton Bingham, music by J L Molley); The Flight of Aces (words by Frederic E Weatherly, music by Frederick Bevan); Manuelita (words by Clifton Bingham, music by H Trotere); The Golden Chain (words by F E Weatherly, music Lawrence Kellie); Let Love Awake (words by Arthur Chapman, music by F Paolo Tosti); Asthore (words by Clifton Bingham, music by H Trotere); The Heavenly Song (words by Claude Lyttleton, music by Hamilton Gray); Leider; Star of the Desert (words by George A Binnie, music by Theo Bonheur); If No One Ever Marries Me (words by Laurence Alma Tadema, music by Liza Lehmann); Zanita (words by Clifton Bingham, music by H Trotere); All My World (words by Clifton Bingham, music by Hope Temple); Tatters (words and music by Gerald Lane)
Many of these songs, although very popular at the time, are now hard to find.
