The Ballad Book: a Selection of the Choicest Old Ballads
by Allingham, William (Ed. )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: White, Stokes, & Allen. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1886. Hardcover. Covers are a blue-green cloth with beveled board edges and a gilt cheurb decoration on the front cover and spine. Block edges are also gilted. Light general wear. Former owner's signature at front, otherwise unmarked and tightly bound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 397 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6852
- Title
- The Ballad Book: a Selection of the Choicest Old Ballads
- Author
- Allingham, William (Ed. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- White, Stokes, & Allen
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1886
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About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
Biblio member since 2014
Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- 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....