Ancient Poems Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England; Taken Down from Oral Recitation and Transcribed from Private Manuscripts Rare Broadsides and Scarce Publications
by Bell, Robert, [Ed.]; Dixon, James Henry, [Ed.]; Various
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- Evening Star Books (US)
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- Title
- Ancient Poems Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England; Taken Down from Oral Recitation and Transcribed from Private Manuscripts Rare Broadsides and Scarce Publications
- Author
- Bell, Robert, [Ed.]; Dixon, James Henry, [Ed.]; Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- John W. Parker and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
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