William Bottrell

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall - Second Series

Penzance, Published by the Author, 1873. First English Edition. Hardcover. Original First 1873 Edition Good Brown blind stamped cloth. 298 pp. NO writing in text. Signed "H. Hurden 1888." Wonderful b/w Also stamped in small ink "Harold Hurden' Front and back endpapers have dark shadow of remains where something must have been laid in. Some foxing and splitting at top of spine and rubs at heel of spine. Sewn in signatures. NOT a library copy. Wonderful b/w little illustration by Joseph Blight particlarlly of Mermaids. (see Scan of one) Illus in public domain. Sections include "The Fairy Tribes""The Witch of Buryan Church-town" The famous folktale "Duffy and the Devil' as well as "The Mermaid of Zennor" You can even visit the carving at the church to this day. "Midsummer Bonfires" and the useful Gossary of living Cornish Words and Local terms" See all our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans for the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Ill.: Joseph Blight. Good .

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Book number: 90005301001129108

Catalogue: Celtic Studies

Keywords: rare cornish book kernow goddess bonfires uther tintagel cornish mermaids zennor spanish armada walter raleigh tintagel redruth journal cornish tin-smelting kernow cornubia joseph of arimathea jew's house tin cornish pagan sites tin mines joseph of arimat

William Bottrell

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall Third Series

Penzance, Printed For The Author By F. Rodda, 1880. First English Edition. Hardcover. Original Rare First 1880 Edition. Very Good++ Traditions And Hearthside Stories Of West Cornwall Third Series Hardcover With Illustrations by Mr. Joseph Blight. Clean 200 pp + advertisements. NOT a library copy. Binding solid. Only flaw at all really is tender at head of spine with minute loss. Blind stamping on covers crisp. Bright Gilt Titles on spine. End papers hansome and very little foxing if any. A window into Nineteen Century Celtic Cornwall when the Otherword was close at hand. Indeed see our Scan of Pellars Charms against Witchcraft of ill will. See all our Scans Cover, Spine, Table of Contents, Endpaper, and Spells of protection. Really nice copy book of a difficult book to find. Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books since 1977 in the Land to the West. Ill.: Joseph Blight. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 90005301001129110

Catalogue: Celtic Studies

Keywords: nineteenth century cornwall celtic magic rare cornish folklore penzance pellers cornish ghosts madron feast cornish language english banker cornish charmer white witch spells pellar of zennor conjuror charms saints padstow cornish witches uther cornish l

William Bottrell

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall

Great Britain, Llanerch Press, 1989-04. First English Edition. Paperback. Fine First English Editiom 1989 reprint of 1873 First Edition of Cornish Folklore and Fairylore and Mermaid lore. Clean 158 pp. B/W drawings. Tight binding. NOT a library copy. See our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans. Fine .

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Book number: 90005301001129150

Catalogue: Arthurian Legend

Keywords: cornish folklore yseult tristan cornish saints padstow cornish witches uther cornish literature kernow cornish language noav padstow celtic language kernow cornish medieval cornwall celtic christianity tintagel Celtic Studies Cornish/Brittany/Isle Of Ma

William Bottrell (An Old Celt)

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall

penzance, W. Cornish, The Library, Green Market, 1870. First Cornish Edition. Hardcover. Original Rare 1870 First Cornish Edition Very Good Green Hardcover. NOT a library copy. Clean 287 pp. 287 + list of subscribers and advert page. Ex-Libris of Henry Hoare, Stapelhurst with neat bookplate and his signature (See Scan) NO writing in text. Blind tooled on both boards Fantastic spells of Conjurors and White Witches. Interesting with the Cornish Apocryphal association of early Hebrew the spells use Hebrew names of the unseen etc. and "Piskeys" (i experieced them in Lelant) The Giant of Portreath.An rare amazing copy in Very Good at least. Very little foxing. The only flaws are head and heel. You can see in our Scans. Still the best copy I have ever seen in over fifty years, not fine but pretty handsome and crisp. Very Good .

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Book number: 90005301001129105

Catalogue: Celtic Studies

Keywords: rare cornish folklore henry Hoare bookplate english banker cornish charmer white witch spells pellar of zennor conjuror charms saints padstow cornish witches uther cornish literature kernow cornish language noav padstow celtic language kernow cornish medi