Victorian Bound Album of Sheet Music (c. 1860s)
Original mid-19th-century bound volume of piano dance music, comprising individual published sheet-music issues professionally bound together for private use.

This attractive album contains a substantial collection of galops, quadrilles and waltzes, including several illustrated lithographic title pages, representing popular Victorian social and music-hall culture.

Champagne Charlie Galop – C. H. R. Marriott (illustrated title)

Flick and Flock – Firemen’s Galop – P. Hertel (decorative red lithographic title)

The War Galop – Charles d’Albert (military themed, illustrated)

The Jockey Galop – A. F. Godfrey

The Glorioso / American Sensation Galop – Helmsmüller

Professionally bound in period cloth boards

Original binder’s ticket:
Bound by J. T. Cook, Hill Street, Richmond

Some wear and rubbing to the boards and spine.

Light foxing, toning and offsetting throughout

Occasional creasing and small inner-margin splits, some neatly reinforced with period paper

Binding sound and secure

No modern tape, no loose plates, and no missing pages.

Large folio format (approx. piano-sheet size)

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