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The English and Scottish popular ballads / edited by Francis James Child. In five volumes.

Title
The English and Scottish popular ballads / edited by Francis James Child. In five volumes.
Author
Child, Francis James, 1825-1896
Publication
Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin, 1882-1898.

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Additional Authors
Kittredge, George Lyman, 1860-1941
Description
5 volumes : frontispiece (portrait); 29 cm.
Subject
  • Ballads, English
  • Folk songs, English
  • Ballads, English > Bibliography
  • Folk songs, Scots
  • Ballads, Scots
  • Ballads, Scots > Bibliography
  • Ballades anglaises
  • Chansons folkloriques anglaises
  • Ballades anglaises > Bibliographie
Genre/Form
  • Song texts
  • Bibliographies
  • Paroles (Chansons)
Note
  • "One thousand copies printed."
  • Issues in 10 parts, each with half-title and title page. The 5 main title-pages (in red and black) were issued with pt. x.
  • Pt. x edited after the author's death by G.L. Kittredge.
  • "Glossary": v. 5, p. [309]-396.
  • "Sources of the texts of the English and Scottish ballads": v. 5, p. [397]-404.
  • "Index of published airs of English and Scottish popular ballads, with an appendix of some airs from manuscript": v. 5, p. [405]-424.
  • "Index of ballad titles": v. 5, p. [425]-453.
  • "Titles of collections of ballads, or of books containing ballads": v. 5, p. [455]-468.
  • "Index of matters and literature": v. 5, p. [469]-502.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (v. 5, pages 503-565).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
OCLC
  • 963172
  • SCSB-11373351
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library