Farm Ballads / Will Carleton
Book
108 pages. Illustrations.
Rural poetry and ballads.
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#)