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 .