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Matthew Hodgart, ed.
The Faber Book of Ballads.
Published London: Faber and Faber, 1965.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: R. MacLehose & Co., Glasgow.
Size: 139x206x22mm.
Page count: 267pp.
Main languages: English; older texts given in original spelling.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is rather grubby; its edges covered with sellotape, which has prevented wear, but which has now yellowed and doesn’t look very nice; the book has some marking or annotation in several places, ink and pencil, not too obtrusive.


This item £4.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 419g.

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No medieval emphasis, covers medieval ballads up to the 20th century. Gives 95 texts, arranged under the headings Traditional, Robin Hood & border ballads, Scots 18th century, Folksong & lyric, Broadsideballads, Irish, Australian & American.


See also | Ballads |

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