First edition of the first collection of verse by the manager of Sadler’s Wells, including a section of songs from his ‘most approved’ pantomimes and ‘scenic’ productions. The ticket of a Newark bookseller makes it likely that the stamp ‘Newstead’ refers to Byron’s ancestral home, Newstead Abbey, but not necessarily in his lifetime. Colonel Thomas Wildman, who purchased Newstead Abbey in 1818, also collected a substantial library.

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