Christian Ballads 1865 Arthur Coxe decorative gift leather book(Old Books, Gift Bindings, Decorative Leather Books, Christianity, Poetry, 19th Century Books). Christian Ballads, by Arthur Cleveland Coxe. Illustrated by John A. Hows. Published 1865, New York by D. Appleton and Company. 235 pages. Book is slightly bowed, probably fixable by placement in a book press for a spell. Period full leather gift binding, raised bands, gilt title, embossed cover and compartments designs, all edges and turn ins gilt, marbled