Tales and Ballads - Cornwall and Devonshire

H.J. Daniel, J.T. Tregellas, W.B. Forfar, George Hamlyn and others

Verlag: W. Wood / John Russell Smith / also J.R. Netherton, Plymouth / London also Truro

Original, poems, ballads and prose bound in a half leather contemporary binding with marbled boards. Contents :-1) The Cornish Thalia being original Comic Poems illustrative of the Cornish Dialect by H.J. Daniels Pp. 47 with illustrations. (2)A Companion for the Cornish Thalia being original humorous pieces in the Cornish and Devonshire Dialects by H.J. Daniel Pp. 46 + illustrations.(including the Gwennap Ghost) (3) A Budget of Cornish Poems by various authors including the Song of the Cornish Men.Pp. 52. (4) Tregeagle of Dozmary Pool and and original Cornish Ballads. Pp.50 + illustration. (5) Humorous Cornish Legends by H.J. Daniel - A Legend of Two Saints : A Legend of Tintadgel: A Legend of the Mount: A Legend of St. Neot: A Legend of Bolster, The Giant. Pp. 46+ illustrations. (6) Rustic Poems by George Hamlyn - the Dartmoor Bloomfield 48pp. + woodcut illustration. (7) A Great Mine Conference a Vision by George Henwood F.G.S.: the Gwennap Bal Boys: The Prechen Kappen (A Cornish Dialogue): The Fox Outwitted by a Cock: A Legend of St. Germans: Dialogue aboutIndia, China, Railways and Unions between John Twadell and Richard Trewen two Cornish miners (incl. glossary): The Poor man and his Parish Church. Pp. 50 + illustrations'. (8) Dolly Pentreath and other Humorous Cornish Tales in verse by the author of Recreations in Rhyme with a portrait of Old Dolly. Pp.46. (John Trenhaile). (9) The Squire's Tame Conger: The Wounded Miner : The Swemming Grendingstone !! by J. T. Tregellas - Three New Cornish Tales. N.B. Dated 1859. P. 24. (10) No Title Page - but Tregellas Cornish Tales - Tremuan: St. Agnes Bear Hunt:California: Hacky and Marky (Battle of the Soils): The Queen's Washing Day: Perran Cherrybeam: Gramma's Cat and Ours: Rozzy and Zacky: Battle of the Lanterns: Cornish Farmer's Blunder: Wheal Blue Bottle, Cornwall 1855. Pp.126 (11) Cornish Tales by Verse and Prose being Specimens of Cornish Provincial Dialect. J.T. Tregellas & others 1860. The Sea On Fire. : A Dialogue between Gracey Penrose and Mally Treviskey. : The Telescope. :A Christmas Play. : Penna's van :We Ben Ten Avees. : The Bal or 'Tes a Bra' Keenly Lode by W. B. Forfar :Jan's Story. :The Great Gizzlarby W.B. Forfar : Shah's Story. Pp. 43. (12) The Amusing Story of Josee Cock, the Perran Cock Fighter: The Author's Address to Captain Peard, Rozzy Paul, Zacky Martin and Others; Billy May's Letter and the True Tale of Titus Teague of Wheal Busy Downs, the Generous Cornish Miner. By J. T. Tregellas. Second Edition 1857. Pp.36 (13) Cousin Jan's Courtship and Marriage : The Exhibition by W. B. Forfar 1859. Pp.23 Condition overall good , some wear and chips to boards and leather edges. Binding good, pages clean but aged. Inner hinge has crack. Size - 177mm. x 112mm. (12mo.). A unique collection. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002949

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Titel: Tales and Ballads - Cornwall and Devonshire
Verlag: W. Wood / John Russell Smith / also J.R. Netherton, Plymouth / London also Truro
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good