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POPULAR ROMANCES OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND by Hunt, James ( Collected and Edited by ) - 1896: The Drolls, Traditions & Superstitions of Old Cornwall
by Hunt, James ( Collected and Edited by )
POPULAR ROMANCES OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND: The Drolls, Traditions & Superstitions of Old Cornwall
by Hunt, James ( Collected and Edited by )
- Used
- Hardcover
A new Edition. Marvellous Tales of Piskies and Spriggans, Mermaids, witches and Giants. Frontis illus. Giant Bolster stepping from Beacon to Carn Brea (protected by tissue guard). Includes Preface to Third Edition and Introduction.
First Series Tales include: Giants, Mermaids and Tregeagle of Dosmery Pool. Second Series includes: Saints, Holy Wells, King Arthur, Tin Miners, Fishermen & Sailors.
Green cloth cover with bright Gilt characters from the Tales on front & spine. Gilt lettering on spine. 480 p.pages + 32 pages of publisher's adverts. 8" tall.
Inscriptions on Endpapers and ffep, the oldest dated 1900. Some spots of light foxing on title page and a few, very faint, on Frontis. Only a very occasional spot elsewhere. Rear hinge cracked and reinforced with hinge tape.
First Series Tales include: Giants, Mermaids and Tregeagle of Dosmery Pool. Second Series includes: Saints, Holy Wells, King Arthur, Tin Miners, Fishermen & Sailors.
Green cloth cover with bright Gilt characters from the Tales on front & spine. Gilt lettering on spine. 480 p.pages + 32 pages of publisher's adverts. 8" tall.
Inscriptions on Endpapers and ffep, the oldest dated 1900. Some spots of light foxing on title page and a few, very faint, on Frontis. Only a very occasional spot elsewhere. Rear hinge cracked and reinforced with hinge tape.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (GB)
- Illustrator Cruikshank, George
- Format/Binding Decorative cloth
- Book Condition Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication Piccadilly. London
- Date Published 1896
- Keywords Antiquarian Books/Folklore & legend/Cornish interest/Cornish Superstitions/Cornish Folklore/Cornish Legends/Children's Classics
- Size 8vo