The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads (Four Volumes)
by Bronson, Bertrand Harris
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good to Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1972. vol. 1(1959) Vol.2 (1962), Vol.3 (1966), Vol.4 (1972 . Gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Except for light rubbing to the corners, this is a clean, unmarked set of the original edition. Only the jacket of volume 2 has noticeable wear, ( Price-clipped, 2" chip on the lower spine, with a dampstain in that area), Otherwise, very well preserved DJ's in mylar sleeves "Bertrand Bronson's Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads begins where Francis James Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads leaves off. In four large volumes published by Princeton University Press between 1959 and 1972, Bronson brought together all available tunes for each of Child's ballads together with their texts, annotated and organized them, with notes describing the history and development of each tune and tune family. The collection was immediately accepted as an indispensable text for ballad scholars, performers, and students of the ballad tradition - nearly 2,200 pages of tunes and texts with notation for 4,120 tunes - a milestone in ballad scholarship that has never been surpassed." Very scarce in the first edition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. 8 3/4" x 11 1/2" x 2".
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- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028422
- Title
- The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads (Four Volumes)
- Author
- Bronson, Bertrand Harris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good to Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8 3/4" x 11 1/2" x 2&q
- Keywords
- Frances James Child Ballads England America
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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