first edition Hardcover
1881 · London
by Smith, George Barnett (Selected and Edited by); Richard Glover, Lord Macaulay, Rev. R. H. Barham, W. M. Thackeray, Robert Surtees, George Meredith, William Hamilton, et al. (Ballads by); Margaret L. Gow, H. M. Paget, W. H. Overend, Percy Macquoid, A. B. F
London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8"). xvi, 384pp (Vol. 1); xvi, 384pp (Vol. 2). Original 3/4 crushed morocco over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Etched frontispiece in each volume.
Splendidly illustrated throughout with numerous full-page and in-text wood-engravings, this 2-volume set contains a selection of old and new British ballads illustrated by some of the best illustrators of the their times.
Moderate rubbing along joints. Covers slightly darkened / soiled. Some foxing to very first pages of both volumes. Bindings in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. (Inventory #: 45115)
Splendidly illustrated throughout with numerous full-page and in-text wood-engravings, this 2-volume set contains a selection of old and new British ballads illustrated by some of the best illustrators of the their times.
Moderate rubbing along joints. Covers slightly darkened / soiled. Some foxing to very first pages of both volumes. Bindings in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. (Inventory #: 45115)