Musa Pedestris Three Centuries Of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes

[London]: privately printed for subscribers only, 1896. First edition of the regular issue, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 253 [i.e.251]; original shelf-backed grey paper-covered boards, paper label on spine; near fine. Songs, chants, and rhymes and rhymsters of the road, the canting crew in all its grades of hedge-priest, maunder, thief, tramp and trull, harlot, and gentlemen of the road.… Read more about this item

[London]: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Faint crease on the spine, corners a bit bumped, very good. John Fowles' Copy with his small embossed stamp on the front fly.

N/A: Privately Printed for Subscribers, 1896. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. An anthology of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes from 1536-1896. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With bibliographical notes to the rear as well as to the outer margin of… Read more about this item

New York: Cooper Square Press, 1964. xv, 251pp, appendix, index. Or blue cloth. Very slight shelf wear to edges. Annotated words to canting songs and slang rhymes covering the 360 year period from 1536-1896. . Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

1896. Boards rubbed and stained, edgeworn, bumped and chipped at corners and spine ends, spine edges worn and chipped, spine browned and stained, closed edges browned, uncut closed edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, small ink inscription to foot of front pastedown, light spotting to endpapers, privately printed in Holland for subscribers, pp clean and bright, pencil underlining to some… Read more about this item

Minor rubbing, VG. English slang verse Cooper Square New York 1964 orig.cloth 22x14cm, xv, 251 pp, A facsimile reprint of the undated [ca. 1896?] edition