SEWELL, Mary. Mother's Last Words. A ballad. Illustrated. Jarrold & Sons. [c.1874]
Half title, front., plates and illus. Orig. maroon cloth, bevelled boards, front board blocked in blind & dec. with central vignette in gilt & green, spine lettered in gilt; darkened & a little rubbed. Ownership inscription on half title, June 1874.
¶First published c.1861 as 'a ballad for boys'. The most famous maudlin Victorian ballad.