This book is an anthology of popular songs and ballads from the streets of 19th-century England. Compiled by John Ashton, a leading authority on English popular culture, the book offers a fascinating portrait of the people and events that captured the public's imagination in Victorian England. From tales of love and adventure to political satire and social commentary, the ballads in this collection provide a vivid window into the popular culture of their time. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally ...
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This book is an anthology of popular songs and ballads from the streets of 19th-century England. Compiled by John Ashton, a leading authority on English popular culture, the book offers a fascinating portrait of the people and events that captured the public's imagination in Victorian England. From tales of love and adventure to political satire and social commentary, the ballads in this collection provide a vivid window into the popular culture of their time. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Used Good. Text is in English. Size-H: 8', W: 5.25', D: 1.5' This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. Cover clean and undamaged. Binding is intact. Pages are clean and unmarked. This item is in excellent condition. FF00000005395 Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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Hardcover in pictorial blue cloth covers that remain clean, though with some corners bumped (minor); textblock edges lightly foxed. Hinges sound, uncracked; pages tight, clean, unmarked. No DJ. Not a former library copy.;
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Fair. Size: Large 8vo 9"-10; Scarce in the trade in this state and condition, being an at least Fair condition exemplar, being Number 94 of only 100 copies printed in the Large Paper edition, thus a First Edition Thus. Big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover format, gray paper over boards, one-quarter vellum, and augmented with 56 illustrations from old woodcuts. Paper soiled a bit, tips and edges scuffed, spine head and foot, ditto, paper title label soiled and abraded a bit, rough-cut fore-and bottom-edges, else tightly bound and bright of interior. From the personal library of the noted erotophile, bibliographer, folklorist, literary sleuth and former book scout, Gershon Legman, whose inimitable signature graces the heavily toned first free endpaper. An impressive collection of scurrilous, historical, erotic, political, geographical, social, mythological and sea street ballads, with a special focus on Queen Anne, she having been the focus of another biography by John Ashton. Replete with numerous in-text illustrations in black-and-white ballad headers. Illustrated frontispiece, tissue-protected, of an old woman proclaiming, "Fifty songs for a far-r-r-r-den." All in, a good, sturdy exemplar of an important work in English ethnomusicology. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.