Bidspirit auction | Bound Collection of Late 19th-Century

Bound Collection of Late 19th-Century Sheet Music featuring The Darkie's Dream - This is a custom-bound binder's volume containing a collection of individual sheet music publications from the late 19th century. The volume is anchored by The Darkie's Dream, composed by G. L. Lansing and arranged by Emma R. Steiner, with a copyright date of 1889 by S. W. Blair. This specific copy includes a title page featuring advertisements for the Glove Department of R. Walker and Sons, located at 33 to 43 King Street East in Toronto. Additional contents within the volume include Good Old Fashioned Tunes with the Original Calls for Dancing, published by the National Music Company of Chicago and Benjamin W. Hitchcock of New York. Also present are advertising pages for Our Monthly Musical Gem, detailing the contents of issues Nos. 1 through 4, alongside various other instrumental and vocal scores. A handwritten ownership inscription in pencil on the Good Old Fashioned Tunes page reads Miss Mary Danoch. The volume is constructed with a black textured cloth or leatherette over boards in an oblong folio format. Dimensions: 11 inches high by 14 inches wide. Pickup is Wednesday, April 22 from 10 am to 3 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction.