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Anderson, James.
Collection of Blyth and Tyneside Poems and Songs.
Publisher: J. Fraser, Blyth;
Date of Publication: 1898
Stock Code: 12771
First Edition. Octavo, pp., 126. Frontispiece portrait of the author, figurative vignettes, head and tail-pieces. Bound in the original publisher’s dark blue cloth, blind stamped borders and gilt titles to upper board. Green floral patterned end-papers. Cloth lightly soiled with minor wear to spine and corners. Leaves tanned. A Print of J. M. W. Turner's ‘The Mouth Of The Tyne’ to rear paste-down end-paper A very good copy. Provincially printed collection of over 50 poems in the Geordie dialect by autodidact miner-poet James Anderson (1825-1899). The collection, which includes protest ballads, drinking songs and poems on domestic life, vividly depicts working class life in the North East at the turn of the century. Rare, with only one copy located at Cornell University Library New York. No other copies in commerce or UK institutional libraries. £95.00