Content: Cover includes photograph of a small boy with umkempt hair dressed in ragged clothing. The caption reads: A little boy for sale inquire within.
Content: Cover printed primarily in red ink.
Content: Former owner's stamp on cover at top center: J. Robie.
Content: On cover: Introduced and sung with great success by Chas. B. Ward, America's ballad reader with Primrose & West's "Monte Carlo" Co.
Statement Of Responsibility: written and composed by Henry Robson.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 35 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21751756
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5f991e40-c58f-012f-64c9-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1894

Cite this item

MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "A little boy for sale" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1894. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f991e40-c58f-012f-64c9-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1894). A little boy for sale Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f991e40-c58f-012f-64c9-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "A little boy for sale" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5f991e40-c58f-012f-64c9-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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