Item Detail
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Wm. S. Orr and Co. Amen Corner
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465
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Gaultier, Bon (W.E. Aytoun & T. Martin)
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The Book of Ballads
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12mo
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original red cloth
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London
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1845
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First Edition
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152 p.
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16 cm.
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821.08 M365b 1845
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Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill [Alfred Henry Forrester]. These parodies of Tennyson, Macaulay, Mrs. Browning and others had a great vogue in their day. They are still amusing. The title page and portrait in chromolithography and Crowquill's illustrations make this a charming period piece. Fine.