Dimensions 180 x 260 mm. Five single leaf broadsides. Two woodcut illustrations to head of each. A trifle creased and dust-soiled.

A clutch of five scarce mid-eighteenth-century song sheets issued by Durham-based printer George Walker (1807-1888), including 'Sleep gentle lady' from composer Henry R. Bishop's (1786-1855) opera Clari; 'The maniac' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818); 'The woodpecker' by Thomas Moore (1779-1852); and 'Cheer boys, cheer' written by Scottish poet Charles Mackay (1814-1889) for Henry Russell's (1812-1900) production The emigrant's progress around 1855.

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