The Book of Ballads

Bon Gaultier (William Edmondsoune Aytoun and Sir Theodore Martin)

Edité par William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1845

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A near fine copy of the apparent first edition of this volume of ballads Finely bound in full leather with gilt titles and floral design on spine with raised bands and gilt borders on both covers Marbled endpapers and gilt on page ends all around Frontis illustration and ornate red, black and gilt title page Minor foxing, limited almost entirely to endpapers The text from frontis to the end is remarkably clean for its age No publication date, but it is doubtful anyone would have had such an attractive custom full leather binding done for anything but a first edition The original red and gilt card front cover and spine have been carefully preserved as extra pages in the rear of the volume (see photos) Overall a very attractive volume From Wikipedia: Bon Gaultier was a nom de plume assumed by the writers William Edmondstoune Aytoun and Sir Theodore Martin The humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads remained popular for a long time; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1845 256 pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Book of Ballads
• Éditeur: William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London
• Date de parution: 1845
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Illustrateur: Crowquill Leeck & Doyle
• Édition: Apparent first.
• État de l'article: Near Fine