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Farm Ballads / Will Carleton

2015.7.42

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Farm lifePoetry1870s

9 in

6-1/2 in

Will Carleton

First

New York

New York

United States

North America

1873

Publisher's Binding- Victorian

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.

United States

North America

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

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