Border Ballads
by Tomson, Graham R. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Walter Scott, 1888. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, part of Scott's series of "The Canterbury Poets," under the general editorship of William Sharp. This is the popular edition; Scott also published a more deluxe version that was limited. Green cloth binding (now faded to green on the spine) with a paper spine-label. Clean text; xxxv, 229 pages, with 12 pages of adverts in the rear. This is an ASSOCIATION COPY, bearing the bookplate on the front paste-down of Francis Russell Hart (1868-1938) American amateur antiquarian and author, and with the signature of his wife, Helen B(ronson) Hart, dated 1901, on the FFEP. Bumped and rubbed at the margins and the covers mottled by the sun. A cute little volume, with interesting associations. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002991
- Title
- Border Ballads
- Author
- Tomson, Graham R. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Walter Scott
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
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Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Jacket
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- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
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