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Modern Street Ballads
by Ashton, John
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
€122.69€110.42
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. Cloth. Near Fine. 7.5" x 5. Uncredited. London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. First Edition. 56 Illustrations from woodcut engravings. Small octavo, 405pp.; royal blue cloth, gilt-tooled cover vignette and spine vignette, gilt spine lettering. Corners and spine ends touched, a few ripples and a somewhat tender front hinge. Better than very good, approaching near fine, a sharp copy with cloth and gilt quite bright. Previous owner's name (dated 1903) in pencil on flyleaf. Plebian paeans - hearty and scrofulous songs one might imagine overhearing outside a pub in London, circa 1885. Ashton's famous collection of English folk ballads, popular enough to be re-printed in 1968. This is the 1888 original, liberally seasoned with illustrations from woodcut engravings. L5
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000274
- Title
- Modern Street Ballads
- Author
- Ashton, John
- Illustrator
- Uncredited
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 7.5" x 5
- Keywords
- poetry, music, lyrics, Songwriting, England, antiquarian, humor, Folklore, Woodcut Engravings
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Singularity Rare & Fine
Biblio member since 2005
Baldwinsville, New York
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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