The Ballads of Scotland (two volumes)
by William Edmondstoune Aytoun (editor)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. Hardcover. Good. Revised and updated version of Aytoun's collection of Scottish Ballads with brief introductions. Full leather with raise bands to spine. All edges gilt. Inner dentelles. Marbled end-papers. 12mo. Mild toning to spines. Small mark to top of spine of vol. II. Scruff to front cover of Vol. I, Contents are clean and bindings tight, Good overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- AJ Scruffles (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005221
- Title
- The Ballads of Scotland (two volumes)
- Author
- William Edmondstoune Aytoun (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- scottish, scots, scotland, songs, poetry, verse, poems, spoken, ancient, middle ages, medieval,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
AJ Scruffles
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
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- Tight
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....