Broadside Ballads for Christmastyde (Folk World Book One)
by Bryant, Beth
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- GOOD-
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Folk World, 1963. Oversize Paperback. GOOD-. Tight, age tanned, clean interior, light age soil to exterior, slight curl. All edges are rubbed. Back bottom corner is battered (chewed?). Hard to find. Ugly but solid. "a book of traditional Christmas ballads taken, for the most part, from actual ancient broadsides…From the instant the printing press was introduced into fifteenth-century England, a never-ending parade of print began...For almost 250 years both the new and old ballads of the English language were committed to print on single-sheet, penny throw-aways called 'broadsides' which today form the bulk of source material for English ballad collectors..." 96 illustrated pages of lyrics and melody, "Playable on all instruments". 7x10"
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- 5-3Y003
- Title
- Broadside Ballads for Christmastyde (Folk World Book One)
- Author
- Bryant, Beth
- Format/Binding
- Oversize Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - GOOD-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Folk World
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARTS - Music;
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