The Book of Ballads

Gaultier, Bon;  Theodore Martin, Sir; William Edmondstoune Aytoun

William Blackwood and Sons, 1874

v, 256 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with gold vignette of bard on front board. Hardcover. Clean, unmarked pages.   All edges gilt. Hinges cracked. Illustrated by Doyle, Leech, and Crowguill. Bookplate of Amos Tuck French, Tuxedo Park.  Early signature of Walter Hamilton. Walter Hamilton, F.R.G.S. book-plate on front paste down. Early newsprint (1887) on Hamilton and parody on both end pages. Includes related ephemera and a letter from Walter Hamilton.