I-3 1842, May 23 Program of the Royal Geographical Society's meeting when E. R. was awarded the gold medal. Edward Everett accepted the award on behalf of E. R. and his remarks on this occasion are printed in the program. These same remarks are extant in a handwritten version as well and were sent by Everett to E. R.
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1842, May 23 - Addresses in the Royal Geographical Society's meeting when Edward Robinson was awarded the gold medal.
A handsome copy of Converse's final tutor, with the ownership signature "S[ister]r. Beatrice, OSB, 1893." Includes a generous selection of music; the final ads are for Converse's line of banjos, and include full page diagrams of his improvements in neck mounting and tail piece.
First edition. A major treatise by a leading manufacturer, marking the evolution of the instrument from minstrel stage to concert hall. This is an early issue with uncorrected textual errors e.g. "seemad" for "seemed" on p. 30, line 12, "audiance" for "audience", p. 14, line 12 from bottom, and "affect" for "effect" on p. 64, line 5 from bottom. Most notably, subsequent editions did not include the nine portraits of professional players, but only the portrait of Stewart.
Second edition; stamped "Complimentary Copy" on ffep [front free end paper], and with the pencilled block letters, "Danville School of Music. H. Q. Porter, Violin; H. A. Prior, piano; Park Hunter, Banjo," on the verso of the portrait. As noted, the textual errors are here corrected, and only the portrait of Stewart is retained.
A scarce and important banjo tutor, by a well known performer. Many of the tunes are by the author, who led Buckley's Serenaders, a long popular minstrel troupe. This is probably a somewhat later printing, but still preserving the cover diagram of the fretless minstrel pitched instrument.