The Quest of the Ballad
by Mackenzie, W. Roy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1919. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, cloth lettered in gold, no dust-jacket. 247 pages. Illustrated with several full page photographs. First edition. The oral and singing tradition of Nova Scotia. Private gift inscription on front free end-paper, dated 1919. Light wear and age soiling to cloth. An internally clean, square copy with no underlining, highlighting or writing in text. Good. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016138
- Title
- The Quest of the Ballad
- Author
- Mackenzie, W. Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Ballads, Rural Folklore, Nova Scotia
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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