New York, C.H. Ditson . (1868). With a monochrome lithograph front cover portrait of the noted composer performer Bobby Newcomb of the San Francisco Minstrels and signed alongside his portrait. Bobby Newcomb also wrote The Big Sunflower for the noted minstrel Billy Emerson( rated as one of the all time greats) as his theme tune.Newcomb, himself a minstrel also wrote There’s a Light in the window., but this is arguably his best song.An interesting story is quoted by Dichter & Shapiro in that Dan Emmett sent I wish I was in Dixie to Bobby Newcomb to sing and the publisher Werlein of New Orleans got hold of a copy and pirated a version that claimed that the words were written by a J.Newcomb and this in 1860 at the time of the legitimate publishing of the song. Folio size with music. Condition very good. Noted composer/performer