Whistle-Binkie; A Collection of Songs for the Social Circle 1842-6
Whistle-Binkie; A Collection of Songs for the Social Circle 1842-6
Whistle-Binkie; A Collection of Songs for the Social Circle. Glasgow:- David Robertson; Edinburgh:- Oliver & Boyd; London:- Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans; and Simpkin, Marshall, & Company; Dublin:- William Curry, Jun. & Co. MDCCCXLVI (1846).
[Together with Whistle-Binkie; or, the Piper of the Party: Being a Collection of Songs for the Social Circle, Chiefly Original. Edited by Alexander Rodger. Second Series to the Fifth Series. 1842-1846].
[Together with Songs from the Nursery. 1846].
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Numerous facsimile signatures can be seen throughout the text blocks.
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Size: 90 x 128 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(1), frontis, t.p., iii-xxxii, pp.3-127, t.p., pp.3-127, t.p., pp.3-128, t.p., pp.3-128, t.p., pp.3-128, half title, t.p., v-xv, pp.1-128, (1)]
Small half calf binding with red morocco tooled labels between raised bans over brown morocco backed boards. Binding lightly rubbed, more so to extremities. Tooled labels present with some discolouration to the tooled label containing the editor's name. Both boards attached with rubbing along joints and front hinge cracked. Shelf and edge wear, with rubbing to corners. Edge toning to endpapers as commensurate with the full calf bindings. Pencil inscription to front blank. Text block very clean with very light toning and occasional foxing. Very small number of pages unevenly trimmed, not affecting any text. Small tear to the top corner of pp.xv of Songs from the Nursery, does not affect any text.
[MMSID 9929841613804341; OCLC 37163481].