Description
AB119686, Bartram George [Henry Atton], Ballads of Ghostly Shires: Folk Lore Verses, London, 1900, Greening & Co, First Edition, Green Cloth Gilt, Very Good, Signed by Author , 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.
