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Illustrated British Ballads, Old and New. 2-vol. set (Complete)

Smith, George Barnett (Selected and Edited by); Richard Glover, Lord Macaulay, Rev. R. H. Barham, W. M. Thackeray, Robert Surtees, George Meredith, William Hamilton, et al. (Ballads by); Margaret L. Gow, H. M. Paget, W. H. Overend, Percy Macquoid, A. B. Frost, E. Blair Leighton, et al. (Illustrations by)

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8"). xvi, 384pp (Vol. 1); xvi, 384pp (Vol. 2). Original 3/4 crushed morocco over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Etched frontispiece in each volume.

Splendidly illustrated throughout with numerous full-page and in-text wood-engravings, this 2-volume set contains a selection of old and new British ballads illustrated by some of the best illustrators of the their times.

Moderate rubbing along joints. Covers slightly darkened / soiled. Some foxing to very first pages of both volumes. Bindings in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. g to vg. Item #45115

Price: $150.00