The Quest Of the Ballad

247 pages with a few full page b/w photos. A ballad hunter in Nova Scotia near the turn of the century. The book is about the singers and efforts to collect the ballads, as much as the ballads themselves. Would have been interesting to listen to Mackenzie and Lomax swap tales about ballad collecting and the characters who sang… Saber más sobre este artículo

Princeton, NJ and London: Princeton University Press/Oxford University Press, 1919. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray buckram, lettered in gilt. Heel of spine panel shows 1 x 1/2" area of loss, otherwise only mild shelf wear. Text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1919. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, cloth lettered in gold, no dust-jacket. 247 pages. Illustrated with several full page photographs. First edition. The oral and singing tradition of Nova Scotia. Private gift inscription on front free end-paper, dated 1919. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1919 This FIRST EDITION ex-library hard cover is in VERY GOOD CONDITION. No jacket. 247pp bound in light green cloth with gilt lettering. Covers show bumped corners, slight bow, with light stain on back cover. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. Frontis photo has tissue guard, with PHOTOS THROUGHOUT. No… Saber más sobre este artículo

Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1919. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. 247 pages. previous owner's name on first page, spine area a bit darkened. ; 6 5/8 x 9

Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1919. Hardcover. 22.2cm, xiii,247p., with 5 plates including frontis, light green cloth, gilt titles, some edge wear, dust soiled, good, internally very good copy of ascarce work. With a 2p., Authograph Letter From Author laid in The authorwas a Nova Scotian academic and discusses his book in the enclosed autograph letter. These are the memoirs… Saber más sobre este artículo

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1919. 247 pages in very good condition. Pages are mostly clean, with the exception of some pencil markings near the back of the book. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Previous owners' signatures and stamps on the ffep. Rough-trimmed page edges, slightly darkened. Grey cloth with gilt text on the front and spine. Spine is slightly… Saber más sobre este artículo

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-22. Paperback. Used:Good.

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1919. Rear inner hinges neatly repaired.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1919. Frayed top of spine. Darkened covers. Faded titles on spine. Wear at bottom of spine. Maine folklorist Sandy Ives' copy.. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Princeton University Press, 1919. Hardcover. Good. . Minor shelf/reading wear. Pages/boards clean.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-22. Paperback. Good.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing