222 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth over spine, green lettered boards, about 50 pages of music theory, numerous scales and exercises, about 150 songs. Printed on rag (cotton-fiber) paper, light foxing here and there. ; Complete subtitle: "A New Singing Book for Schools, Containing a Complete Course of Elementary Instruction, and a Large Collection of Exercises, Songs, Duetts, Trios and Quartettes, Adapted to the Use of Primary, Intermediate, Grammar and High Schools, Singing Classes, and the Home Circle." ; Heavily worn. Boards chipped and soiled but readable. Owner name (Burt Clough, Marine City) penned on front endpaper, another (Miss L. C. Smith, Marine City) on title page, in very faded ink. Rear page partly missing, affecting final two songs. No interior marks. Binding intact. ; This is an actual book from 1880. Quite scarce.
Title: Bailey's School Songs and Music Reader : A New Singing Book for Schools, Containing a Complete Course of Elementary Instruction, and a Large Collection of Exercises, Songs, Duetts, Trios and Quartettes . . . (1880)
Location Published: White, Smith & Company: 1880
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Poor with no dust jacket
Item: 0.90 lbs
Categories: Music
Seller ID: 8457
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, elementary education, image, school music books, songbooks, textbooks
