Description: Ye Butcher, Ye Baker, Ye Candlestick Maker; Being Sundry Amusing and Instructive VERSES for both Old and Young, Adorned with Numerous Woodcuts. Although at first glance this little book could be mistaken for an eighteenth-century English chapbook, it was in fact published in New York in 1908 as a parody. It contains ballad-like poems on a range of olde professions, each one taking an amusing turn in its final few lines to consider the trade in the modern world — and in the process often taking a swipe at a whole host of contemporary “ills”, including increased regulations, trade unions, and fake news in the media.
Price: 175 USD
Location: Poughquag, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Robert Seaver
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Robert Seaver
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company/Riverside Press Cambridge
Topic: Literature
Subject: Poems
Original/Facsimile: Original
