There is a copy of Marsk Stig’s Daughters and other Songs and Ballads in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.
(32) [The Tale of Brynild: 1913]
The Tale of Brynild / and / King Valdemar and his Sister / Two Ballads / By / George Borrow / London: Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.
Collation:—Square demy octavo, pp. 35; consisting of: Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. 1–2; Title-page as above (with a notice regarding the American copyright upon the reverse) pp. 3–4; and Text of the Ballads pp. 5–35. There are head-lines throughout, each page being headed with the title of the particular Ballad occupying it. Upon the reverse of p. 35 is the following imprint: “London: / Printed for Thomas J. Wise, Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to Thirty Copies.” The signatures are A (a quarter-sheet of two leaves), and B and C (two sheets, each eight leaves), each inset within the other.
Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8½ × 6⅞ inches.
Thirty Copies only were printed.
Contents.
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| The Tale of Brynild. [Sivard he a colt has got] Of The Tale of Brynild, two manuscripts are extant, written in 1829 and 1854 respectively. The text of the latter, from which the ballad was printed in the present pamphlet, is immeasurably the superior. | 5 |
| King Valdemar and his sister. [See, see, with Queen Sophy sits Valdemar bold] | 13 |
| Mirror of Cintra. [Tiny fields in charming order] | 34 |
| The Harp. [The harp to everyone is dear] | 35 |