British Minstrelsie: A Representative Collection of the Songs of the Four Nations; The Melodies in both Notations
Published by Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works (vols. I, II, III)/London: The Caxton Publishing Co., no date [1895?]. Each volume contains a frontispiece and 7 additional full-page photographic portraits of turn-of-the-century British singers, including one of Dame Melba. A total of 32 portraits in four very large volumes. Sold as is., 1895
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.Waverly & Rugby Books
AbeBooks seller since April 2, 2001
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 60.00
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First edition. Hardcover. Four large folio volumes with gilt cover decoration. Good condition (no dust jackets-as issued?). Vols. I and III front inner hinge broken; front free endpaper loose in vol. I. All volumes have top and bottom of spine split with some loss. Small piece missing mid-spine of vol. III. Pencil marks on two portraits in vol. I, not affecting the image. Ink presentation inscription to former owner dated 1913 in each volume, either on half-title or recto of frontispiece. The 32 full-page portraits all clean and unfoxed, except for the two with penciling. Four large folio volumes.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- British Minstrelsie: A Representative Collection of the Songs of the Four Nations; The Melodies in both Notations
- Author
- Greig, John, Joseph Parry, F.W. Bussell, H. Fleetwood Sheppard, and W.H. Hopkinson [arrangers]
- Publisher
- Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works (vols. I, II, III)/London: The Caxton Publishing Co., no date [1895?]. Each volume contains a frontispiece and 7 additional full-page photographic portraits of turn-of-the-century British singers, including one of Dame Melba. A total of 32 portraits in four very large volumes. Sold as is.
- Publication year
- 1895
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Waverly & Rugby Books
Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 2, 2001
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Waverly & Rugby Books is a mail-order, internet-order, and by appointment dealership specializing in scholarly books in philosophy, history of science, and the history of ideas. We are developing a specialization in golf books, and we have some general stock. Founded formally in 1999 by two retired teachers, Karen and Jan Ludwig, one of whom had spent thirty years on the fringes of the business, Waverly & Rugby Books has a sizeable stock of books in the above fields. As we are only gradually entering our books on the internet, want lists and inquiries pertaining to our areas of specialization are always welcome.…
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