Thomas d'Urfey

Wit and Mirth: Or, Pills to Purge Melancholy; Being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to All Humours, Having Each Their Proper Tune for Either Voice, or Instrument: Most of the Songs Being New Set

London, Not Stated, c1876. Leather. A very smartly rebound Zaehnsdorf bound set of Thomas d'Urfey's poems and songs, being a smart facsimile of the original 1719-20 editions. A facsimile reprint of the original 1719-20 editions. The facsimile is undated, though is is believed to be published around 1876. It is also unknown who published this facsimile, as the original publishers, W. Pearson, are stated to the title page. Complete in six volumes. In a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf. This work is a collection of songs and ballads, which was originally written between 1698 and 1720. The six volumes contain over one thousand poems and songs. This work was very popular when it was first published. Some of the songs and poems that appear in these volumes are 'The Star of County Down', 'The Fair Maid of Islington', 'Blow the Candle Out', 'Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town', and more. Volume I with a frontispiece and printer's device to the title page. Written by Thomas d'Urfey, and English writer. He was a composer of plays, songs, jokes, and poetry. He was a good contributor in the development and evolution of the Ballad opera. Prior owner's ink inscription to the reverse of the frontispiece of Volume I. In a signed half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the spines and boards. A little rubbing to the spines. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine of Volume VI. The odd spot to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only the very odd spot, mostly to the first and last few pages. Prior owner's ink inscription to the reverse of the frontispiece of Volume I. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 666P14

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: songs will and mirth pills to purge melancholy melancholy will and mirth d'urfey poems None

BUCHANAN, Robert

The Buchanan ballads, old and new

John Haddon & Co. 1892. Used - Acceptable. Fair paperback . Buchanan's Poems for the People. Grey paper covering over card covers, with brown decorative front. Owner's name at top of front cover. General light wear. Loss of spine at foot, nearly 2". Faint stains on p. 110, but otherwise text generally tidy and clean, save a few spots of foxing on fore-edge and endpapers. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_35196_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS259364I

DENTON, Osborne

Old English songs: popular traditional songs and ballads, revised, with new symphonies & accompaniments, Series 11

Leeds, Tempest, 1930. Used - Good. Good stapled paperback . No.11 in the 'Monster Music Books' series, originally sold by Mark's & Spencer's Penny Bazaar. Large format; 16pp in paper covers. Pages yellowed; 2 tiny losses to front cover; staples a little rusty. Undated - probably c.1930 Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_47238_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS271158I

James Maidment [ed.]

A New Book of Old Ballads

Edinburgh, Privately Printed, 1885. Cloth. A privately printed, limited edition, of this collection of ballads edited by James Maidment. Limited to 275 small paper copies printed for subscribers. A collection of twenty ballads, including: Willie and Marie, Love is the cause of my Mourning, The Windy Writer, Tom Linn, and The Lady's Complaint. Edited by James Maidment, a British antiquary and collector. Revised by Edmund Goldsmid, a British author. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, with light shelf wear and minor fraying to the head of the spine. Library number marking to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Sandeman Public Library bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary ink scription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 848T21

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: New Ballands Maidment Ballands None

SMITH George Barnett [Editor]

Illustrated British Ballads Old and New

Cassell Petter Galpin & Co, 1881. 1st edn. 2 vols in 1. Tall 8vo (10½ x 7¾ ins). Contemporary half calf on green cloth sides, raised ribbed gilt tooled spine with contrasting label, marbled edges and endpapers (spine and part of upper board faded - otherwise VG). Pp. xvi + 384 [&] xvi + 384, illus with engraved plates and in text (light spotting throughout; no inscriptions). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 189414

Catalogue: Literature poetry

George Barnett Smith [editor]

Illustrated British Ballads Old and New

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. Leather. A smartly bound complete two volume set of this scarce collection of illustrated British ballads. Complete in two volumes. Scarce work. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-three full-page images and many in-text figures. Volume two is illustrated with sixteen full-page images and many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of ballads from British writers, with titles including: The Armada, The Bonnie Bairns, Cumnor Hall, Edwin and Emma, King Arthur's Death, The Lament of the Border Widow, Molly Carew, Robin Goodfellow, Sweet William's Ghost, The Whitehorse of Wharfedale, and many others. Selected and edited by George Barnett Smith, an English author and journalist. Bound in half red crushed morocco with red cloth boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 927T62

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Illustrated British Ballads Old British Smith Not Stated

Evans, Thomas. Evans, R. H.

OLD BALLADS, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date; Collected from Rare Copies and Mss. A New Edition, Revised and Considerably Enlarged from Public and Private Collections, By His Son. In Four Volumes

London: Printed for R. H. Evans, Pall-Mall, 1810. 3rd edition. Green cloth binding, ca 1840s, with gilt stamped lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Bright yellow eps. 4 volumes (xxiii, [1 (blank)], 384; [8], 364; [8], 364; [6], 367, [1 (blank)] pp). Illustrated with a frontispiece in Volume I & t.p. vignette to each volume. 8vo. 8" x 5". Vol I with tear to ffep. Volume III professionally recased. Spines a tad sunned. Withal, a VG+ set.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 32390

Catalogue: Potpourri

James Maidment

A New Book of Old Ballads

Edinburgh, Laurie and Co. 1844. Leather. A very scarce collection of traditional Scottish ballads, by James Maidment, bound in a leather binding. Including Blythe Jockey, Willy and Marie, Lady's Complaint and many others. James Maidment was born in 1793. Passing the Scottish bar, he became a authority on genealogical cases. Alongside a legal career, Maidment was a collector and antiquarian, publishing works of historical interest. A poet himself, Maidment was also a good friend of the famous Scottish poet Sir Walter Scott. A very scarce work. In a half straight-grained morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing. Front hinge tender. Ink inscriptions to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright, with just a few instances of foxing. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: LTH27-C-9

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Leather Scottish Poetry Ballads Scottish James Maidment None

Percy, Thomas; Walford, Edward, ed

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, Etc. A New Edition. With a Glossary and Life

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. The Lansdowne Poets series. 418pp + [10]pp of publisher's advertisements. Bright blue decorated cloth stamped in gold and black on the front panel and the spine panel, and in blind on the rear. All edges gilt, brown endpapers, text in two columns with a red line border. Frontispiece and illustrations. Contemporary inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Some foxing to first and last leaves, light wear to extremities, spine panel mildy faded. A bright, very good+ copy. ; Octavo. .

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 32765

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: Literature, Poetry, DECORATED BINDINGS Poetry

George Barnett Smith

British Ballads Old and New

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1881. Leather. A smart complete two volume set of this illustrated collection of British ballads. Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text and full-page illustrations. A collection of British ballads, including: The Battle of Agincourt, The Bonnie Bairns, Cumnor Hall, Fair Rosamond, King Arthur's Death, Little Billee, Molly Carew, On the Brink, The Red King, The Vicar, and more. With contributions from authors such as: Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Percy, William Shenstone, John Keats, Richard Glover, and William Makepeace Thackeray. Selected and edited by George Barnett Smith, an English author and journalist. With illustrations from artists such as: E. Crofts, H. M. Paget, A. B. Frost, Charles Green, Arthur Hopkins, Margaret L, Gow, P. Macquoid, G. G. Kilburne, and M. Fitzgerald. In the original quarter red crushed morocco binding with red cloth boards. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A small split to the head of the spine of volume two. Front hinge starting to volume two with the rear hinge failed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light spotting to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 910T55

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: British Ballads Old New Ballads Not Stated

SMITH, George Barnett.

Illustrated British ballads, old and new.

London, Paris, New York, Casesell, Petter, Calpin & Co., 1881. 2 volumes. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, a.e.g. With numerous woodengraved illustrations and plates. XVI,384; XVI,384 pp. First edition. - A fine set.

Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)Professional seller

Book number: 37193

Keywords: United Kingdom

SMITH, George Barnett (ed)

Illustrated British ballads, old and new (2 volumes)

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin. 1881. Used - Very Good. VG hardbacks in green cloth with black & gilt; a 1st.ed.. Large bookplate on both pastedowns; both frontis damp-stained; small loss in edge of tissue-guard (v.I); slight wear to spines & board corners (board edges bevelled). This is a heavy set (about 3kgs packed); additional postage may be required Photo:.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS137556I

SMITH, George Barnett (ed)

Illustrated British ballads, old and new, vols. 1 & 2

London, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1881. Used - Very Good. VG hardbacks in half-leather 1st edition. VG set of 2 hardbacks in dark red morocco half-leather, with raised bands, gilt lettering & decorations on the spines; spines a little faded; gilt bright; slightest wear to spine joints. Marbled fore-edges. This is a very heavy set (over 3kgs packed); additional postage may be required Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS170139I

SMITH, GEORGE BARNETT [ED.]

Illustrated British Ballads Old and New. Volume II

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1882. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 265mm x 195mm (10" x 8"). 384pp. Numerous line drawings.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Frontis stained in margins .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 2006c

Catalogue: Music Books

Keywords: Music Books Poetry

D'Urfey, Thomas.

Wit and Mirth: or Pills to purge Melancholy; being a Collection of the best merry Ballads and Songs, old and new. Fitted to all Humours, having each their proper Tune for either Voice, or Instrument: most of the Songs being new set.

London: Printed by W. Pearson, for J. Tonson . 1719-[1720]. 0. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. Six volumes. I: [xiv], 360pp.; II: [x], 348pp.; III: [viii], 352pp.; IV: [viii], 352pp.; V: [viii], 352pp.; VI: [x], 372pp. I: []1, A6, B12-Q12; II: A6 (- A1 blank), B12-P12, Q6; III: A4, B12-P12, Q8; IV: A4, B12-P12, Q8; V: A4, B12-P12, Q8; VI: A6 (- A1 blank), B12-Q12, R6. First complete edition. Nineteenth-century red morocco by Ramage, repaired. With engraved frontispiece portrait of D"Urfey in volume I, and letterpress music in the text throughout. Day and Murrie 236-240, & 242. Very Good.

Sam Gatteño BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Fine Bindings, Music

Keywords: Music