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Watermill Books, Ammanford, United Kingdom
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First Edition. First edition. The hinges are in good condition. Photograph available on request. Seller Inventory # mon0001493548
Title: A Book Of Old Ballads. Selected And With An ...
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. London First ed
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Seller: Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.
A 279 pp felted cloth cover with gilt stamp. I containsth 41 ballads Some of the ballads are: "The Knight and the Shepard's Daughter", "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne", "May Collin", " Brave Lord Willoughbey", "Sir Lancelot du Lake", " The Child of Elle" and "The Three Ravens". Included are 16 full color illustrations. This book was bound with unopened pages, that were then cut at a later date, as such some of the pages edges are uneven, and there are even a few intact tears. There is some slight foxing on the first few pages, otherwise fine. The covers of the book are felted with some speckling on it. Seller Inventory # 25021203
Seller: Green Meadow Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. H M BROCK (illustrator). First edition. 16 fabulous colour plates from H M Brock accompany these wonderful stories. Charming b/w head pieces to each one too. Gilt lettering and decoration to brown cloth. Pages rough cut. A delightful book., with such beautiful illustrations. A talented family of brothers indeed! Seller Inventory # 028169
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Original publisher's brown cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine and frontcover, large 4to: illustrated endpapers, coloured frontispiece, xxxx, 280pp., 15 other coloured plates, bl.& wh. vignettes, foreword, table of contents, list colour plates, acknowledgements, appendix. Light wear of use to cover. Untrimmed. Fine copy. Seller Inventory # 145004
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: RPL Library Store, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. FAIR/WITH NO JACKET, 280 pp. Text clean with usual library treatments.Has several full color illustrations. Burgundy cloth boards with gold text, and some sun blanchng. Binding stitched and firm. Seller Inventory # 042727
Seller: Claude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB, Saxmundham, United Kingdom
First edition with these illustrations; 4to., pp.xl,280; 16 colour plates and decorations & vignettes in line throughout; a good uncut copy in original deluxe velvet binding, gilt, backstrip a little rubbed & faded. Ballads Illustrated Poetry Illustrated Book. Seller Inventory # 4803
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Seller: Claude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB, Saxmundham, United Kingdom
First edition with these illustrations; 4to., pp.xl,280; 16 colour plates and decorations & vignettes in line throughout; original tan cloth, gilt, uncut & partly unopened. Seller Inventory # 503
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Very good plus copy in the original gilt-blocked felt/suede cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 279 pages; Excellent full color illustrations. Description: xxxix, 279, [1] p. Incl. Col. Front. , illus. Col. Plates. 29 cm. Subjects: Ballads, English --Texts. 2 Kg. Seller Inventory # 124046
Quantity: 3 available
Seller: Compton Books, Guildford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 16 Colour Plates by H. M. Brock, brown brushed felt effect cloth, 280pp Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding in very good condition, no splitting, tight. Has a small inscription on free endpaper. This charming collection of ballads encapsulate the essence of British history and spirit and preserves the lost art of ballad making. Beverly Nichols introduces and selected the ballads within this book that are charmingly illustrated by Brock. Sixteen colour plate illustrations drawn by H. M. Brock. Brock was an illustrator and landscape painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. CONDITION In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. Pages were uncut which gives the book a certain charm. Seller Inventory # 93
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Very good plus copy in the original gilt-blocked felt/suede cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 279 pages; Excellent full color illustrations. Description: xxxix, 279, [1] p. Incl. Col. Front. , illus. Col. Plates. 29 cm. Subjects: Ballads, English --Texts. 2 Kg. Seller Inventory # 124046
Seller: Mrs Middlebrow's Bookshop P.B.F.A. and the Rabbit Hole Tearoom, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1934. Hutchinson. No jacket. First Editin. Illustrated by H.M.Brock, 16 colour plates. Some markings on front board (see photograph.) Pages uncut. No foxing or spotting, pages bright. Nice copy. (Please refer to our Abebooks Storefront for Overseas Shipping). Seller Inventory # ABOOBBN1
Quantity: 1 available