Ancient Scottish Ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before published: With notes, historical and explanatory: and an appendix, containing the airs of several of the ballads.

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FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. xiv, 270, [2] + 7 leaves with printed music. Later half brown roan, marbled boards, spine divided by raised bands, lettered in gilt, central gilt tools to other compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other rough-trimmed. A hint of spotting. Binding rubbed and a little worn to extremities. Author’s name pencilled to title-page, a few pencil notes to rear flyleaf.