"Oh! Show Me Some Blue Distant Isle."

sheet music

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & SHEET MUSIC
Nunns, John F.; Coates, Dr. Reynell; Dempster, William R.
USA, PA, Philadelphia
1841
paper
overall: 13-1/4 x 10-1/4 in.

Sheet music; "Oh! Show Me Some Blue Distant Isle."; lyrics by Dr. Reynell Coates, music by William R. Dempster, and published by John F. Nunns; four pages; image on front is of a single-handed sloop approaching a pyramidical island, inside of a floral-motif frame; printed on front "OH! SHOW ME SOME BLUE DISTANT ISLE./ ROMANCE,/ Written by/ Dr. Reynell Coates,/ THE MUSIC/ Composed and respectfully dedicated/ TO HIS FRIEND/ J. CHICKERING, ESQ./ OF BOSTON, BY/ WILLIAM R. DEMPSTER./ Price 50 cts. nett Thayer & Co's Lith. Boston./ PHILADELPHIA./ Published by JOHN F. NUNNS, 184 Chestnut St./ Entered according to act of Congress on the year 1841 by J.F. Nunns in the clerks office of the District Court of the southern district of Pennsylvania"; handwritten faintly in pencil in the corners of the floral-motif frame image reads "Carolina A. Webster".

2009.9.4