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Songs of the Vine
19049614London: A H Bullen 1904. Second-hand hardcover. <p>Hutchison William G ed. Songs of the Vine: with a medley for malt-worms. A H Bullen: London 1904. 8vo 180x110mm green cloth gilt lettered bds xliv300pp. VG/VG- bds faded sm watermark; eps tone faint occasional foxing</p> <p><br /> HUTCHISON William G ed George 1873-1907<br /> <br /> Songs of the Vine: with a medley for malt-worms: selected and edited by William G Hutchison.<br /> <br /> London: A H Bullen MCMIV 1904. First Edition. Printed by William Brendon & Son Printers Plymouth.<br /> <br /> Octavo 180x110mm green linen grain cloth boards gilt lettered spine t.e trimmed partially uncut xliv300pp : a-b⸠cⶠB-T⸠Uâ¶. Boards faintly soiled small blemish to upper board; mild offset toning to end-papers; faint occasional foxing. <br /> <br /> <br /> ¶ An excellent selection of poetry about wine and drinking from the 12th to the 19th century including poems by William Blake Ben Johnson William Congreve John Masefield A E Housman William Shakespeare John Keats Robert Herrick and many others. Pages 258-294 note the sources of all the songs/poems.<br /> <br /> "If all be true that I do think <br /> There are five reasons we should drink:<br /> Good wine - a friend - or being dry - <br /> Or lest we should be by-and-by-<br /> Or any other reason why.<br /> Dr Henry Aldrich 1647-1710 p 110.<br /> <br /> A very good copy.<br /> <br /> <br /> § Gabler G24840; Bitting p.239; Noling p.218.</p> A H Bullen unknown
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