[FANSHAWE, CYRIL ASTON]. The book of battle songs: a collection of the war songs of various nations and a selection of curious popular lyrics, domestic and warlike, chiefly from the languages of the north and the east: with remarks on the poetry of martial enthusiasm. London: James Hogg and Sons, n.d. [1859].

First Edition. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (210 x 170 mm); pp. 392. Finely bound in contemporary full calf. Five raised spine bands. Compartments and bands gilt ruled, tooled and letter. Brown morocco lettering-piece. Twin gilt ruled frames with corner-pieces to boards. Board edges gilt tooled. Blind tooled turn-ins. Marbled page edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Contemporary inked inscription to endpaper. Contents: Dedication (to British Army); Preface; Introduction; German Songs; Swabian Songs; Swiss Songs; Dutch Songs; Norwegian and Icelandic Songs; English Songs; Scottish, Irish, and Welsh Songs; Norman and Troubadour Songs; French Songs; American Songs; Russian Songs; Polish and Hungarian Songs; Roman Songs; Greek Songs; Moorish, Spanish, and Italian Songs; Chinese and Persian Songs; Turkish and Arabian Songs; Battle Calls and Battle Songs, Ancient and Modern. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure. Covers largely very clean with some minor surface marks. Contents very clean. Scarce.

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