Popular British Ballads Ancient and Modern Four Volumes
London and Philadelphia: J.M. Dent and J.B. Lippincott, 1894. Hardcover. A charming set of British ballads. They range by those from anonymous composers and writers to those by such well known figures as Wordsworth, Scott, Keats, Browning, Kipling, and Swinburne. The ballads are accompanied by many delightful black and white illustrations and vignettes by Cooke. Bound in three quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Leather is scuffed and worn. Spine labels missing from Volumes I and II. Scuffing to paper boards. Top edges gilt. Text pages are generally clean and bright with occasional light spotting. Very good condition. Measures 5 x 7.25 inches. Volume I: 254 pages: Volume II: 285 pages; Volume III: 290 pages; Volume IV: 311 pages. POET/102121. Very Good. More