A Book of Old Ballads
by Nichols, Beverley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Loring & Mussey. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. No date. Circa 1935-1940. Loring & Mussey. Illustrated by H. M. Brock. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Small blind-stamped illustration on front cover of a shaft of wheat and a scythe. Illustrated endpapers have a castle, and a knight and a maiden on horseback. 16 full-page color plates and black & white illustrations. Deckle fore edges. Binding has a few light cracks, but still tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled, with faded edges and spine. Covers have some light scratches. Gift inscription and name in ink on front free endpaper, both dated 1940. Small bookstore sticker on rear endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery but still supple. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4235
- Title
- A Book of Old Ballads
- Author
- Nichols, Beverley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Loring & Mussey
- Keywords
- Poetry,Folklore and Mythology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Folklore and Mythology;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
SmarterRat Books
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...