The Book of British Ballads by Hall, S.C - 1853

This is a lovely selection of lyrics for old British music.

G. P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, n.d.. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Full leather binding. No publication date listed. Cover is worn along edges. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.

Clean interior. Some black and white illustrations. PIctures on request

London: George Routledge and Sons Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine; sun fading along the spine and at the top of the back cover; text block is solid and clean with no marking or underlining; collectable condition; no date on the book but previous owner's name on front end paper cites Toronto as location and date as Aug./89..

New.

New.

George Routledge and Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 374 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild fraying, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with noticeable splitting, fraying and crushing to joints and ends. Book has a slight forward lean.Lettering remains bright and clear.

London: George Routledge & Sons. Very Good+. 1879. Hard Cover. With illustrations, tan cloth, rear board has slight marks on top half, publisher's adverts on endpapers, front endpaper hinge split but holding, a very good copy. ; 185 x 130mm; viii, 374 pages .

London: Jeremiah How, 1842. Leather. Good. 1st series. This volume only. A Good copy. 4to., vi, iii, 233, (1) pp.,, illustrated with line drawings and a color, enraged title page. Bound in period full dark green leather. Gilt turn-ins. A.e.g. Text pages toning, with scattered browning. Spine rubbed.

London: Henry G. Bohn. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Presents a collection of 52 ballads with elaborate page decorations and engraved designs from a number of noted artists and engravers. Bound in full leather with five raised bands, embossed cover decorations and beveled edges. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Printed by J. E. Adlard, London. The first edition from this publisher was in 1853; this copy is not dated apart from the prior owner inscription. Heavy, extra for international shipping. ; 7-3/4" x 10-1/4"; vi, 441 pp; Boards worn at spine and hinges with some rubbing elsewhere, hinges solid, scattered foxing to pages, prior owner inscription on front flyleaf dated 1864, pages free of tears or additonal writing. .