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BALLADS FROM MANUSCRIPTS.
by FURNIVALL, Frederick James.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Printed for the Ballad Society by Taylor and Co, S. Austin and Sons, Hertford, 1868-73. TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE,1868-73, VOLUME 1: Ballads on the condition of England in Henry VIII's and Edward VI's reigns (including the state of the clergy, monks and friars), on Wolsey, Anne Boleyn, Somerset, and Lady Jane Grey; with Wynkyn de Worde's Treatise of a Galaunt edited by F. J. Furnivall; VOLUME 2: Part. 1: A Poore Mans Pittance, by Richard Williams, edited from the autograph manuscript by F. J. Furnivall. Part: 2. Ballads relating chiefly to the reign of Queen Elizabeth, edited, with introduction and notes to the whole volume, by W. R. Morfill. 8vo, approximately 220 x 140 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, pages: xii, 1-496; xxxix, 1-315, followed by: Ballad Society First Report, January, 1869, 2 illustrations plus 11 pages, bound in half morocco, gilt lettering and rules to spines, matching cloth covers, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pale foxing to many pages including title pages, most foxing minor but on several pages it is quite heavy, all text legible, otherwise a very good tight set. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47440
- Title
- BALLADS FROM MANUSCRIPTS.
- Author
- FURNIVALL, Frederick James.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Printed for the Ballad Society by Taylor and Co, S. Austin and Sons, Hertford, 1868-73
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- english historical ballads elizabethan tracts tales songs luther queen elizabeth wynkyn de word, anne boleyn lady jane grey
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- A.N.
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