Ashton, John

A CENTURY OF BALLADS Collected, Edited And Illustrated In Facsimile Of The Originals

Elliot Stock: London, 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #21-6254

Illus., 10.5 x 7.5", green pict cloth, gilt lettering, 354pp. Covers worn, rubbed and soiled, corners and spine tips bumped, worn and torn, inner hinges and textblock cracked, title page to vi almost detached, page edges darkened, contents have toning else good. The types of ballads: Social "The Great Boobie", Supernatural "Witchcraft Discovered And Punished", Drinking "A Song In Praise Of The Leather Bottel" plus Historical, Love, Naval and Military, Sporting, Local and Miscellaneous Ballads. FIRST EDITION.

Price: $65.00