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Ballads, : romantic, fantastical, and humorous, to which is added The combat of the thirty. Comprising a new chapter of Froissart

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1872]
Call number: 645443
Creator: Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805-1882)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: "B H Atken(?) ; 1902" written in ms. above the half-title.; Bookplate of Harold Locke.
Dimensions: 17 cm
Associated people: Gilbert, John, (1817-1897,); Smith, Walter E., (1930-)
Associated organizations: George Routledge and Sons,; Savill, Edwards and Co.,
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