Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams by Palmer, Roy (ed) - 1983

Dent & Sons, J. M. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1983. L6 - A first edition (First published 1983 stated) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, small patch chipped/open tear on the top of the back flap, scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the spine edges, significant tanning and light shelf wear. 9.5"x6.25", 209 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. In the first few years of this century, Ralph Vaughan Williams travelled throughout England to listen to folk singers in public-houses and workhouses, in fields and at festivals, noting down by hand as many of the texts and tunes as he could manage. In the process he amassed variants of over 800 folk songs, some of them unique, which otherwise might well have been lost to posterity. Vaughan Williams, as Roy Palmer says in his introduction, is a composer of the first rank who owes a… Read More

J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1983. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:046004558X

London: J M Dent & Sons, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1983-05. Hardcover. Good.