Description
Bartram George [Henry Atton]. Ballads of Ghostly Shires: Folk Lore Verses. London: Greening & Co, 1900. First Edition. Green Cloth Gilt. Very Good. 129pp.+ (i) printer’s colophon. Edges uncut. Inscribed on ffep by Bartram for his daughter: “To Alice Mary Atton from her father ‘Geo Bartram’ 5th Jany 1901”. Attractive bookplate of composer & musicologist Trevor Hold on front pastedown. A single sheet publisher’s list removed at rear which has offset onto the printer’s colophon reading Greening’s Masterpiece Library: A handsome & artistic series. Boards lightly soiled. Half inch tear at fore edge of ffep & two tiny splashes on pp.52-3. A scarce volume in its own right & unique thus.
