[SHEET MUSIC] Old England and the new

A$200 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

/ written by Harry Adams ; composed by E. Jonghmans. At the head of title: The Immensely Successful Anglo Australian Patriotic Song. Sung also by Harry Rickards . London : Hopwood Crew ; Melbourne : Allan Co., [1887]. Folio (315 x 260 mm), wrappers with a striking colour design of an Australian stockman by British artist Alfred Concanen, the front also with the name and address of the original Melbourne owner Lillie Jepson, Woodbine , Clifton Hill (wrappers lightly foxed, original owner s stitched cloth spine), 5 pp, the first four with music notation (arrangement for voice and piano) and the last with complete lyrics; edges trimmed closely, but a very good example. Trove locates only two copies (NLA; SLV)

• Binding: Hardcover

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