Author: SEWELL ([Mary]), Mrs.:
Title: The Rose of Cheriton. A Ballad. By Mrs Sewell, Author of "Mother's Last Words," "Thy Poor Brother," "Homely Ballads," etc
Description: London: Jarrold and Sons, S. W. Partridge, Paternoster Row, no date, [1867] Small 8vo, 164 x 104 mms., pp. [iv], 91 [92 adverts]. BOUND WITH: SEWELL, Mrs. "Mother's Last Words." A Ballad. Fifty-Second Edition. 524th Thousand. London. Jarrold and Sons. n.d. [ca. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 32. BOUND WITH SEWELL Mrs. "Our Father's Care." A Ballad. 40th Edition. 407th Thousand. London: Jarrold and Sons. n.d. [c. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 30 {32 epigraphs, 32 adverts]. BOUND WITH SEWELL, Mrs. The 1st Child: A Ballad of English Life. For Mothers and Fathers. Tenth Edition. Eighty-Second Thousand. London. Jarrold and Sons, n.d. [c. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 32. BOUND WITH SEWELL, Mrs. Poor Betsy Rayner: The Power of Kindness. Eighth Edition. Forty-Fifth Thousand. London: Jarrold and Sons, n.d. [c. 1870]. 8vo, pp. 16. Five items bound together in contemporary half brown roan, marbled boards, spine a bit rubbed but otherwise in good condition. The verses of Mary Sewell (1797 - 1884), written in sympathy with and on the conditions of the working classes, were enormously popular. "Mother's Last Words" sold well over a million copies. How many poets in the early 21st century can claim sales of one-tenth of that figure? They must however have frequently been read to pieces or discarded since they are very seldom found now. The Rose of Cheriton is uncommon with two copies listed in NSTC and one other in COPAC. Mary Sewell's daughter was the author of Black Beauty.

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