[Privately printed in Birmingham.] New Ballads, to Old Familiar Tunes. By J. Freeth.

Author: 
J. Freeth [John Freeth (1731-1808), political ballad-writer and innkeeper] [Knott and Lloyd, Birmingham printers]
Publication details: 
Birmingham, Printed for the Author, at Knott and Lloyd's Office, High-Street. 1805.
£120.00
SKU: 15858

24pp., 12mo. Stitched, with original grey wraps. One bifoliate transposed, with the leaf carrying pp.21-22 following p.14, and the leaf carrying pp.15-16 following p.20. In fair condition, aged and a little grubby, in worn and frayed wraps with front cover detached. Uncommon: a total of seven copies on COPAC and OLCL WorldCat. For more on Freeth, see John Money's 'Experience and Identity: Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1800' (1977).