Search Results: Sea Shanties from The Peculiar Old Cat and Fiddle Bookshop

W W Norton, New York, 1948, "Printed in the USA for the publishers by the Vail-Ballou Press". Hardcover with dust jacket, 217 numbered pages, 24 x 16 cm, blue paper over boards with "musical anchor" motif, pictorial jacket, 76 songs (sorted by category) with music notation and woodcut illustrations. In Very Good condition: books is solid and square with sharp board corner, some yellowing/tanning of pages, jacket has minor chipping at spine top and bottom; in protective mylar. Edited by Frank Shay, Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, Musical Arrangements by Christopher Thomas. The classic collection: songs, sheet music, maritime history, and Americana.

Mystic Seaport, Second Edition, 2004. Trade Paperback, 250 numbered pages. Condition: New. Crisp copy, unread, in protective mylar. Collected first hand by 19th century sailor, Frederick Harlow. Features background information, the lyrics, and music for over 100 chanties. This edition includes a new foreword by Harlow scholar Glenn Grassoi and new illustrations drawn from the collections of Mystic Seaport.

Oxford University Press, London, 1965, Young Readers Guides to Music Edition . Hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), 58 numbered pages, 22 x 16 cm, cream boards (glossy,printed), includes lyrics, and music, and charming illustrations. In Fine condition, an exceptionally crisp copy, in protective mylar.

Meyerbooks, 1990. Trade Paperback, 374 numbered pages, 23 x 16 cm, blue cover with illustrations. Condition: Fine. Crisp copy, appears unread, in protective mylar.