Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date, Collected from Rare Copies and Mss.; Rev. and Considerably Enlarged from Public and Private Collections Volume 1
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Publisher:
Printed for R. H. Evans By W. Bulmer and Co
Published:
1810
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13811891888
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Seller's Description:
Good. 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 4 volumes, complete. Uniformly bound in an unusual thatched pattern calf with gilt chain tooled ruling to board edges. All volumes with late 19th century era rebacking which is not holding. Leather splitting in the joints with many boards detached, some with a few front matter pages attached. Evidence of more recent and ineffectual glue repairs in the joints. Text contents bright, clean and complete. Half-titles present save for Vol. 4, from which the half-title is missing. Leather spines complete if a bit worn at spine ends and splitting in joints. Wants rebacking. Good only....Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Vol I with tear to ffep. Volume III professionally recased. Spines a tad sunned. Withal, a VG+ set. 4 volumes (xxiii, [1 (blank)], 384; [8], 364; [8], 364; [6], 367, [1 (blank)] pp). Illustrated with a frontispiece in Volume I & t.p. vignette to each volume. 8vo. 8" x 5"
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Various. Very Good. A complete four volume set of Thomas Evans's collection of 'Old Ballads', bound in two volumes. A New Edition copy, revised and enlarged by the author's son, Robert Harding Evans, a notable English bookseller and auctioneer. With a frontispiece to volume I, and illustrated vignette to each title page. In a half polished calf binding with marbled paper boards, and attractive marbled textblock and endpapers. In a half polished calf binding with marbled paper boards, textblock and endpapers. Externally slightly bumped and rubbed to extremities and head and tail of spine. Slight rubbing to joints. Fading to spine. Slight rubbing to raised bands of spine. Front joint split to tail, volume III-IV. Hingles slightly strained but firm, split in places to front joint, both volumes. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned but very clean, with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few pages. Small ink mark to frontispiece and title page, volume I-II. The odd faint handling mark to the occasional page. Very Good.
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Very good(+) A New Edition, revised and considerably enlarged...by his son, R. H. Evans. 4 volumes. Sepia frontispiece, 4 title page copper plate vignettes. Small 8vo, polished beige calf, spines lightly rubbed, else fine. London: Evans, 1810. Very good (+). By the London bookseller, a leading member of the bookseller's club in the Grecian Coffeehouse to which Thomas Davies belonged. This, the third edition, is revised by his son, also a noted bookseller and auctioneer.
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