The Lark. Containing a Collection of Four Hundred and Seventy Four Celebrated English and Scotch Songs. None of Which Are Contain'd in the Other Collections of the Same Size, Call'd, The Syren, and, The Nightingale
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for John Osborn, 1742 IN FAIR CONDITION. SCARCE. [7 leaves], 370pp, [7 leaves], bound in leather, with gilt border, raised bands on spine, binding tight. Title in red and black, no musical notation. Front cover detached, lacks back cover, flaking to backstrip, ffp detached - with ownership of "James E. Whitney Jr.", first 3 leaves partially adhered together. With a curious and copious Alphabetical Glossary, for Explaining the Scotch Words, in the back.
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003485
- Title
- The Lark. Containing a Collection of Four Hundred and Seventy Four Celebrated English and Scotch Songs. None of Which Are Contain'd in the Other Collections of the Same Size, Call'd, The Syren, and, The Nightingale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for John Osborn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1742
- Keywords
- Lark Collection Songs English Scotch Scottish Music England Scotland
- Bookseller catalogs
- RARE AND SCARCE;
- Size
- 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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