Search Results: the book of british ballads by hall s c

This is a lovely selection of lyrics for old British music.

G. P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, n.d.. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Full leather binding. No publication date listed. Cover is worn along edges. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.

Clean interior. Some black and white illustrations. PIctures on request

NEW YORK NY: G P PUTNAM'S SONS. Hardcover. good for it's age.

Jeremiah How, London, 1842. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . 234 pages. Worn covers, vinyl tape on the spine. The pages have foxing throughout. Still a complete copy of the 1842 edition; illustrated throughout; note inside from previous owner. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 175814. .

London: Jeremiah How, 1842. Leather. Good. 1st series. This volume only. A Good copy. 4to., vi, iii, 233, (1) pp.,, illustrated with line drawings and a color, enraged title page. Bound in period full dark green leather. Gilt turn-ins. A.e.g. Text pages toning, with scattered browning. Spine rubbed.

London: Henry G. Bohn. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Presents a collection of 52 ballads with elaborate page decorations and engraved designs from a number of noted artists and engravers. Bound in full leather with five raised bands, embossed cover decorations and beveled edges. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Printed by J. E. Adlard, London. The first edition from this publisher was in 1853; this copy is not dated apart from the prior owner inscription. Heavy, extra for international shipping. ; 7-3/4" x 10-1/4"; vi, 441 pp; Boards worn at spine and hinges with some rubbing elsewhere, hinges solid, scattered foxing to pages, prior owner inscription on front flyleaf dated 1864, pages free of tears or additonal writing. .

George Virtue, 1849. First Edition. Leather Binding. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bound in full red period morocco, spine with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling, covers with large gilt device at center and four gilt rules at edges, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A good copy with top third of spine lacking; some darkening to spine and edges; some foxing to text. Includes ca. 400 illustrations. vii+[1]+441 pages.B/w Illustrations.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London:: Henry G. Bohn,, no date (19th c.). old full deep red gilt morocco; gilt spine with raised bands; a.e.g.. Some minor scuffing to the joints, edges and raised bands; tight and sound; contents fine. . Large thick 8vo,. Every page decorated, and nearly every page illustrated with steel engravings..

London: George Virtue, 1849. Hardcover. Very good. 1849 edition published by George Virtue. First a series. Full leather with gilt decorations. Scratched and worn at the edges. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Some foxing. Overall clean on tight. 440 pages. 4to.

London: Jeremiah How , 1842. Hardcover - as published. VG a.e.g. five raised bands, brown morocco leather, marbled endpapers. minor foxing and wear to extrems, binding tight, pages bright, gilt letters, many llus. a very nice copy.

Henry G. Bohn, 1853. First Edition . Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red leather over boards. Gilt on cover and spine. Raised bands on spine. Corners bumped. Gilt dentelle. All edges gilt. Checkered endpapers. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some foxing throughout. Many full-page illustrations and most pages illustrated.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. 7" x 10" Hardcover; 441pp; Brown embossed leather boards, all edges gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, gift inscr. & pressure stamp to front flyleaf, slight cracking to leather on spine, minor foxing to flyleaves, minor scuffing to boards, corners of boards slightly rubbed, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Classic collection of British ballads. Partial Contents: Chevy Chase; Elfinland Wud; Fair Rosamond; King Arthur's Death; Robin Goodfellow; The Bonnie Bairns; The Child of Elle; many more. Heavily illustrated with engravings by various artists.

Jeremiah How. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Jeremiah How, 1842. Early edition. Sm 4to hardcover. vi+440pp. Illustrations. Poor book. Binding copy. Heavily shelfworn. Spine eroded. Boards and endpages detached. Dampstained. (English Ballads, Music) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

London: Jeremiah How, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. Green leather with five raised bands and ornate gilt lettering and tooling by Hayday, rubbed at the surface, edges, and corners, bumped at the top-right corner on the back board. Square and firmly bound with gilt edges, former owner's bookplate inside the front board, some foxing to the preliminaries, clean otherwise. A selection of British ballads "that shall be agreeable and interesting to the general reader, and not unsatisfactory to the antiquary and the scholar.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1890. Full Leather. Very Good. 23.5 x 18.5 cm. Octavo. viii 440pp. Bound in full black leather, gilt spine lettering. Gilt foredges, 5 raised bands to spine. Extensively illustrated throughout. Some scuffing to the leather.

London: Jeremiah How, 1844. First edition. First edition. Two Volumes. Quartos. In original publisher's binding. Full fine-pebbled red calf with attractive geometric and floral strap-work design in gilt on covers, blind-stamped border cross-hatch patter. Spine with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral strap-work and lettering, marbled endpapers. Dozens of full and half-page woodcut engravings by artists who later to blossom in the 1860's in book illustration, such as Paton, Tenniel, Pickersgill, Gilbert, W.B. Scott, Crowquill and others. Also of note, early engravers showcased here such as G. Dalziel, Edmund Evans, Vizetelly, and W.S. Linton. "The most ambitious English book with wood engravings during the period under survey" (Gordon Ray). Calf binding shows slight wear along margins of spine and corners, but overall near fine, very fresh and bright. Contents clean and bright with occasional soiling and brown-toning predominantly in volume 1.

London: Jeremiah Howe, 1842 First edition, a proof (or printer's?) copy, printed on India paper on one side only. Half red morocco over decorative cloth boards. Spine and covers ruled in gilt, gilt spine lettering. Quarto. Wood-engraved illustrations throughout. Binding extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Otherwise very good. In his book, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, Gordon Ray states that "this is the most ambitious English book with wood engravings during the period under survey. Ray also included a proof or printer's copy in his exhibit catalogue, remarking "This is a rarity of Victorian bookmaking, an India-paper copy printed on one side of the page only. Small editions of the outstanding French illustrated books of the period were issued on papier de Chine as a matter of course, and collectors now regard them as treasures. That an English published in this instance followed the French example is further testimony to the importance attached to The Book of… Read More