405 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, gold spine lettering, [xx] + 405 pages, gray-brown endpapers, bibliography, 56 b/w illustrations reproduced from old woodcuts, complete texts of over 150 street ballads (broadsides) collected in London in 1700s and early to mid 1800s. Some have historical info and/or footnotes. No authors, no tunes. ; Copyrght 1888, published London: Chatto & Windus. This is a high-quality facsimile reprint, with new introduction by Leslie Shepard, Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1968. Chapter headings are: Social. Humorous. Country. Sea. The Queen. Historical. P... View More...
