The Book of Ballads (The Heritage Book of Ballads)
by LEACH, MacEdward (selector and editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Traditional ballads, or 'stories that are sung' are gathered in this deluxe edition in slipcase. With woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Ballads selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. --- In striped green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth; gilt-stamped balladeer image and titling on spine. Slipcase covered in matching striped green paper. Sandglass flyer not present. --- A nice copy: clean and tightly bound but with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down and mild spine sunning. Structurally sound slipcase with quite a bit of rubbing to extremities.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); xxiv, 215 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83057
- Title
- The Book of Ballads (The Heritage Book of Ballads)
- Author
- LEACH, MacEdward (selector and editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
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Glossary
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.