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BLAIR, John (1819-1889 .:Biblio.com
Masonic Songs Oddfellowship Songs And Other Rhymes By John Blair Bard Lodge Journeyman No. 8.
réf. 42622Edinburgh: Scobie & Conacher 249 High St. / Glasgow: Porteous Brothers 43 Renfield Street / Dunfermline: A. Romanes "The Press." / Aberdeen: A Brown And Co. Union Street / Paisley: A. Gardner / Dundee: John Pellow High Street no date c. 1888 . In Paper Covers 2/- ; Boards 2/6; By Post 2d. extra." First edition. A very good original binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.00" x 0.50" 18.7cm x 12.8cm x 1.4cm. pp.8/pp.163 Original light blue boards. Gilt title to front cover: "Masonic Songs Oddfellowship Songs &c. &c." Boards rubbed and bumped. Spine dulled with similar gilt title: "Masonic Songs &c. J. Blair." Original dark brown endpapers. Library label to verso of the front board: "Freemasons' Hall Library Leicester". Printed title-page. Colophon to verso of the title-page: "Printed by T. C. Blair Musselburgh." Clean English text throughout. A very good copy of this scarce book. John Blair Bard a member of the Lodge Journeyman 8. John Blair 1819-1889 was forced to leave school a 8 years following the death of his father and work in a typographical foundry later becoming a journalist and apart from a stay of 4 years in London lived all his life in Edinburgh. John Blair eventually became manager of the Marr Type Foundry. He died in early March in Edinburgh in his 71st year. He was a man of active mind and much ability. He Was the main editor of the North British Express during the time it existed. He was a Chartist leader prominent Freemason and Oddfellow and a poet. Edinburgh: Scobie & Conacher, 249 High St. / Glasgow: Porteous Brothers, 43 Renfield Street / Dunfermline: A. Romanes, "The Pres hardcover
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