THE BALLAD TREE. A study of British and American ballads, their folklore, verse, and music. Together with sixty traditional ballads and their tunes. by Wells, Evelyn Kendrick - 1950

Hardcover. Rather large chip corner page 53, something marked out ffep, dust top edge, soil/stain fore edge, moderate tanning throughout. Sound binding, dustjacket in mylar with moderate soiling/handling, toning spine, small chips at corners. Ronald Press, 1950, 367 pages.

NY: THE RONALD PRESS CO.. NO DUST JACKET. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1950.

Ronald Press Co, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. A collectible hardcover book in good condition with tight binding and no markings in text; Library markings are limited to a tranparent raised stamp on cover page and some blacked out markings on spine; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London, UK: Methuen & Co, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 372pp, 15 black and white plates including facsimile and numerous segments of musical scores. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Top text block edge sprayed red. 8vo. Lightly rubbed and bumped spine ends, shelf number on spine, boards and corners lightly rubbed. Text block edges tanning. Lender's stamps, labels and markings on endpapers and copyright page. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with Brodart-style sleeve, spine sun-faded, has moderate shelf wear, chipping to edges, small loss to corners, not price clipped.

New York: Ronald Press Company, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. ix, 370 pp., illus. Some very slight edgewear and some mild offsetting to endpapers. Jacket is darkened with a few small chips and an adhesive stain from the removal of a label near the top front corner.

Ronald Press Co, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Ronald Press, Company, 1950. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this increasingly scarce volume (difficult to find in any DJ, this one being in unusally good shape). Very minor shelf wear, prior owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf wear, slight toning at spine, else bright and clean. Green cloth boards, red ink lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 370pp. Index.