Harrow songs and other verses.
London.
Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886.
First edition.
16mo.
viii, 80pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, buff cloth boards, marbled edges. Rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting.
The sole edition of authentic 'Harrow Songs' from Edward Ernest Bowen (1836-1901), schoolmaster and songwriter. Former housemaster of the Grove Boarding House, Bowen composed the Harrow school song, which is still sung today.
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref: 32276