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Old Ballads
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible - Near Fine
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
NZ$454.22NZ$408.80
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1578. Reprint. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine. John Eyre. 4.75"x7" 148 beautifully colored illustrated pages. Two tone gray boards. Faded silver embossed flowers on front. Gilt frame w/gilt title on front and spine. Flower trellis for paste downs in faded silver. Gilt edges. 1578 on title page. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library and unmarked. Edge wear. Beautiful! See all pics. Printed in Bavaria. Secure ship w/track #. Some of the ballads included: Come, Lasses and Lads; Robin Adair; Alice Gray; My Pretty Jane; Auld Lang Syne; Tom Bowling; Caller Herrin'; The Bay of Biscay O!; The Miller of Dee; Sally in Our Alley; Lovely Nan...and many more. 49 ballads total.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13745
- Title
- Old Ballads
- Illustrator
- John Eyre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1578
Terms of Sale
Blacks Bookshop
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About the Seller
Blacks Bookshop
Biblio member since 2021
Argillite, Kentucky
About Blacks Bookshop
A little country book shop nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains along the banks of the East Fork of Little Sandy River.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- X-Library
- A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
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