New York, NY, USA: The MacMillan Company, 1947. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chamberlain, Ken. xi, 302pp. Illustrated w sketches at chapter headings. Gift inscription inked to ffep. Green cloth w gold decorative motif on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Binding square and sound. This volume has been professionally rebound. DJ flaps tipped in to front flyleaf. Standard library markings including pocket to rear pastedown. Octavo. Though rebound, the condition of this book suggests limited circulation.

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Bookseller: Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 048304
Title: Adventures of a Ballad Hunter
Author: Lomax, John A
Illustrator: Chamberlain, Ken
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The MacMillan Company
Place of Publication: New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 1947
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Ballads, English -- United States -- History and criticism Ethnomusicologists -- United States -- Biography Lomax, John A. 1867-1948 NOISBN Science & Technology, Folk & Traditional, Reference, Cultural, Folklore & Mythology
Bookseller catalogs: Biography and Memoirs; Anthropology;

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Rebound: A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Flap(s): The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
Tipped In: Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...