Up for sale is this very rare antique Victorian dime song book, “Ed Neary’s Comic Singing Clown’s Songster” or. Neary’s Comic Songster: Containing the Latest and Most Popular Songs of the Day as Sung by Ed. Neary, the Peoples Favorite Clown and Jester, with Sells’ Brothers Six Railroad Shows for 1882. The songster is softcover in its original wrappers. The front wrapper has a great hand colored illustration of a rather creepy looking clown. The wrappers have some moderate wear with a few minor chips & tiny tears. The interior is tanned from age but fairly clean with just the occasional light bit of foxing or grubbiness. Along with that, there may the occasional page with some kind of other minor imperfection, such as a tiny chip or tear, creased page corner, light bit of soiling, etc. Generally though, it’s a decent copy. The songster measures approximately 6 3/8 inches by 4 1/8 inches. Including the title page, it is 32 pages long. Please look at all of the photos to further note the condition. The item “Antique 1882 NEARY’S COMIC SONGSTER Hand Colored SINGING CIRCUS CLOWN Chapbook” is in sale since Monday, August 9, 2021. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “nevermore_antiques_and_books” and is located in Wallingford, Connecticut. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Binding: Softcover, Wraps
- Place of Publication: New York
- Language: English
- Special Attributes: Chapbook
- Author: Ed Neary
- Publisher: New York Popular Publishing Company
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Topic: Music
- Subject: Performing Arts
- Year Printed: 1882
- Original/Facsimile: Original
