Ancient Popular Poetry: From Authentic Manuscripts and Old Printed Copies. Adorned with Cuts. (2 Vols in 1)

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Ritson Joseph (editor); Goldsmid Edmund (revisions). Ancient Popular Poetry: From Authentic Manuscripts and Old Printed Copies. Adorned with Cuts. (2 Vols in 1). Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1884. Third Edition. Original Red Cloth. Very Good. 73; (vi), 71pp. (including glossary). 1 of 275 small paper copies (there were also 75 on large paper). Apart from offsetting to endpapers internally a clean and attractive copy. Covers soiled, rubbed and lightly worn at head and tail of spine. Very slight damp marking to edges of boards particularly at tail fore corners which has allowed slight bleeding of the red dye onto edges of endpapers. Mid section of paper spine-label missing LAR POETRY though retaining original date of the 1st edition, editor’s name and the price.