Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still." Ballad

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washinoton [sic] St, 1870. Wraps. Very good. [EPHEMERA] [NAUTICAL] [MARINE]. J.E. [Joseph Edward] CARPENTER, poetry. J.H. Bufford's, lithography. Folio (13 7/8" x 10 5/8"); 5pp; bifold wrapper with 1 leaf; lithograph illustration on front wrapper of a sailor looking out to sea and a young woman appearing in the clouds; age toning to edges, light foxing to rear wrapper; very good. There are various imprints and arrangements with this title. William Thomas Wrighton (1816-1880) was an English composer. Joseph Carpenter, the English poet whose words comprise the song text, wrote lyrics for more than 2500 songs and musical entertainments.