The everlasting circle : English traditional verse / edited with an introduction and notes from the manuscripts of S. Baring-Gould, H. E. D. Hammond and George B. Gardiner
1960, First Edition. London : Faber and Faber. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (with some loss), now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #455805
Physical description; xv, 303 p., [3] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Introduction -- Baring-Gould as folk song collector -- Baring-Gould's manuscripts -- H.E.D. Hammond and George B. Gardiner -- The varieties of folk song -- The theme of fertility -- The Lingua Franca -- Abbreviations used in the notes -- Note on the text -- English traditional verse -- Text and notes -- Appendices -- Fragments -- The keeper -- Barring-Gould's singers -- Songs also in The idiom of the people. Subjects; Ballads, English ; Texts. Ballads, English. Folk-songs, English. Folk songs, English ; Texts. Songs, English. Ballads English Collections.
Price: €25.00