Songs, naval and national, of the late Charles Dibdin; with a memoir. Collected and arranged by Thomas Dibdin. With characteristic sketches by G. Cruikshank
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, (publisher to the Admiralty), 1841. Small 8vo, pp. xxxi, [1], 328; frontispiece and 11 engraved plates after the humorous nautical drawings of Cruikshank; original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; small crack at the top of the spine, else very good and sound. 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. Cohen 231. Item #59843
Price: $150.00
