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Dyer, T. F. Thiselton
English Folk Lore
Publisher: W. H. Allen & Co., London;
Date of Publication: 1884
Stock Code: 11839
SECOND EDITION. Small octavo, pp. viii, 290. Publishers’ royal blue cloth with gilt titles to black panels to spine and upper board, floral design blocked in black to spine and upper board, and decoration in blind to lower. Spine toned; wear at spine tips and corners, with 2 cm split at head of lower joint. Inner hinges weak; endpapers toned; light foxing to endpapers and textblock edge and a couple of leaves corner-creased otherwise contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. Comprehensive study of superstitions, rituals and customs associated with the natural world, life events and rites of passage, and the turning year throughout English history. Thiselton Dyer also wrote “The Folk-Lore of Plants” and “British Customs Past and Present”. Scarce. £45.00