Farm Ballads / Will Carleton

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Farm Ballads / Will Carleton

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.42

Description

108 pages. Illustrations. Rural poetry and ballads.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Farm life, Poetry, 1870s

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Will Carleton

Edition

First

Publisher

Harper & Brothers

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1873

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Victorian

Binding Notes

Bound in dark green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and cover. Cover with gilt ruled multiple borders with large central cartouche of a couple walking through their fields. Vignette is surrounded by a circular gilt stamped vine and leaf design.

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Place

Country

United States

Continent

North America

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Notes

Compare to the 1910 re-issue in a poster style binding (AC#)