I'm not a bibliophile, and so don't have any idea how to check this out on my own. Maybe somebody here knows or can help me find out something about the value of a set of three OLD ballad books I've had for years.

I have three volumes of what was apparently a four volume set, entitled _Evans's Old Ballads_. Two of the volumes are in satisfactory though worn shape, and one has the front cover present but separate.

The title page bears the following:

OLD BALLADS
Historical and Narrative
With Some of Modern [sic] Date
AND SEVERAL ORIGINALS
None of Which Are Inserted In
Dr. PERCY's COLLECTION
Second Edition
IN FOUR VOLUMES

Another page states, in part:
Printed for T. Evans, in the Strand
M DCC LXXXIV
The bindings appear to have been real quality leather work of their time, although of course much worn, repaired in places with egg white, etc.

What I have are volumes I, III, and IV. Volume IV is the one with a torn-off cover.

I picked these up at a used-book store probably fifty years ago.

Anybody have any input on this?

Dave Oesterreich