There is a copy of Finnish Arts, Or Sir Thor and Damsel Thure in the Library of the British Museum. The Pressmark is C. 44. d. 38.
(49) [Brown William: 1913]
Brown William / The Power of the Harp / and / Other Ballads / By / George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.
Collation:—Square demy octavo, pp. 31; consisting of: Half-title (with blank reverse) pp. 1–2; Title-page, as above (with notice regarding the American copyright upon the centre of the reverse) pp. 3–4; and Text of the Ballads pp. 5–31. There are head-lines throughout, each page being headed with the title of the particular Ballad occupying it. Upon the reverse of p. 31 is the following imprint:
“London / Printed for Thomas J. Wise, Hampstead, N.W. / Edition limited to Thirty Copies.” The signatures are A and B (two sheets, each eight leaves), the one 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.
| page | |
| Brown William. [Let no one in greatness too confident be] Previously printed in Once a Week, January 4th, 1862, pp. 37–38. | 5 |
| The Power of the Harp. [Sir Peter would forth from the castle ride] A reduced facsimile of one of the pages of the Manuscript of The Power of The Harp will be found facing herewith. | 12 |
| The Unfortunate Marriage. [Hildebrand gave his sister away] | 18 |
| The Wrestling-Match. [As one day I wandered lonely, in extreme distress of mind] | 25 |
| The Warrior. From the Arabic. [Thou lov’st to look on myrtles green] | 31 |