The Border Ballads Tapa dura - 1973

Athlone Press, 1973. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0485111446

London: Athlone Press / University of London, 1973. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt, x, 218 pages with b & w drawing plus 8 pages of b & w photos, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus to Near Fine condition price clipped with faint to minor edge wear now in Mylar. "The Border Ballads are amongst the suprieme manifestations of folk-art. A numer of these stange tales of love & hate and longing, of thieving and killing, of jealousy & the supernatural have been made familiar through their inclusion in anthologies, but though the appeal of the Ballads is, for many, immediate & lasting, they can be fully understood only as the unique record of a medieval-Elizabethan frontier community, remote, precarious yet gifted with high poetic utterance." Contents include: Intro / The Borders and the Ballads / Ballads of the West Marches / Ballards of the Middle Marches (1) / Ballads of the Middle Marches (2) / Ballads of the Supernatural /… Leer más

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.