The Book of Ballads.

VARIOUS, [GAULTIER, Bon, editor], [CROWQUILL, Alfred; LEECH, John; and DOYLE, Richard, illustrators].

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, no date [circa 1870]. [Illustrated Ballads] REISSUE. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.[6] 256. With illustrations in-text and to margins by various artists, as well as an engraved frontispiece and a title page decorated in red and gilt. Publisher's blind-decorated blue cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper, brown endpapers, and all edges gilt. Bookseller's blindstamp to flyleaf, and a binder's ticket to rear flyleaf. Rear hinge starting, but quite firm. A crisp, clean copy with very light occasional spotting. Some toning and rubbing to spine and other extremities. Near fine. Item #62043

Price: £35.00