Mrs. Alexander; Lady Arthur Hill — Holiday Songs

London & New York, Novello, Ewer & Co. 1885. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this collection of songs and verses for the holiday period from Cecil Frances Alexander and Annie Jessie Fortescue Harrison. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and colour title page. A collection of songs set to music for the holiday period, including titles such as: All Things Bright and Beautiful, An Early Cowslip, A Winter Breakfast, In the Distance, and Holidays Over. Written by Cecil Frances Alexander, an Anglo-Irish hymnwriter and poet. Best known as the writer of "All Things Bright and Beautiful", "There is a Green Hill Far Away" and the Christmas carol "Once in Royal David's City". Set to music by Annie Jessie Fortescue Harrison, also known as Annie, Lady Hill and Lady Arthur Hill, an English composer of songs and piano pieces. Dated from the University of Cambridge Libraries. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting. Minor age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .