Item #33088 Songs, naval and national, of the late Charles Dibdin; with a memoir and addenda. Collected and arranged by Thomas Dibdin. With characteristic sketches by George Cruikshank. Charles Dibdin.
Songs, naval and national, of the late Charles Dibdin; with a memoir and addenda. Collected and arranged by Thomas Dibdin. With characteristic sketches by George Cruikshank

Songs, naval and national, of the late Charles Dibdin; with a memoir and addenda. Collected and arranged by Thomas Dibdin. With characteristic sketches by George Cruikshank

London: John Murray, 1841. First edition, small 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 336; frontispiece and 11 engraved plates after the humorous nautical drawings of Cruikshank; a very good copy in later half green pebble-grain morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine, t.e.g. A member of the circle which included Garrick, Sheridan, and Harris, Dibdin boasted truly, "My songs have been the solace of sailors in long voyages, in storms, in battle; and they have been quoted in mutinies to the restoration or order and discipline." It is said that his sea songs, of which he is the indisputable master, were responsible for bringing more men into the Navy in war time than could all the press-gangs. Item #33088

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