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Lot 339: Early Naval Song Book - War of 1812

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Lot  339: Early Naval Song Book - War of 1812
<b>American Revolution</b><hr><b>Wonderful Early Naval Song Book</b>

<b>Revolutionary War to War of 1812, SELECTION OF DIBINÕS (Naval) SONGS, published 1828, Choice Extremely Fine.</b>
7" x 5.25", half morocco hardcover, gilt edges, 168 pages. A really excellent Naval song book with exceptional early illustrations prior to the music pages. About 50 songs are listed with the music and lyrics printed. Since Dibins, a theatre actor in London, was born in 1745 and died in 1814, we attribute the majority of these songs to that period in history. Of course, much of AmericaÕs history was directly tied to England and many of these songs would have been used by American seamen. An important and really interesting book for early Naval historians.