London,John Mitchell.( c1847). With a red and green lettered cover with green frames. The back cover is also Green lettering and advertises the songs of the Tyrolese Singers at the St. James's Theatre and also the only authorized and correct edition of the Songs and Melodies of the Ethiopian Serenaders at the St James's Theatre. The Serenaders were the first American troupe to break from the Jim Crow plantation costume tradition and dress in evening clothes and from their first performance in 1846 they swept all before them with Lucy Neal being the hit of the season followed closely by Buffalo Girls The publisher Mitchell was located at that address from 1831-89 and the songs of the Serenaders were his major seller.Folio size with music. Condition VG.