HOSMER, E.A., composer. O Give Me a Home by the Sea. Augusta, Georgia: A.E. Blackmar, ca 1860s.

A group of 6 pieces of sheet music, all of the same title, "O Give Me a Home by the Sea." Alternative title: "The Exotics, Flowers of Song Transplanted to Southern Soil." Each copy 8 1/2 x 12 in. with green lithographed cover and two interior pages of music and verses (conditions vary, some with toning, scattered spotting, dampstaining). Crandall #3697 (number appears in pencil notation at upper left of each copy of music), Parrish & Willingham #7309.

A scarce Confederate imprint.

[With:] CHRISTY, E.P. Christy's Melodies. Snow Drop Ann. New York: Jaques & Brother, 1847. 3pp, approx. 3 x 13 in. (cover completely separated from songsheet, toning, light soil). Early minstrel songsheet.