THE BALLAD MONGERS. Rise of the Modern Folk Song
by Brand, Oscar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co., (c. 1962). hardcover. Very good/very good. With a Foreword by Agnes De Mille. Octavo, orange cloth spine over yellow pictorial boards, [17]. 4-240 pages. Includes selected bibliography, index. Remainder mark on bottom edge of book block, else book is in fine condition. Dust jacket has light wear at edges, still very good. 120506A
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019479
- Title
- THE BALLAD MONGERS. Rise of the Modern Folk Song
- Author
- Brand, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (c. 1962)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....