BLAKEBOROUGH (R.): Wit, Character, Folklore & Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire, with a Glossary of over 4,000 Words and Idioms Now in Use. Second Edition. , Saltburn-by-the-Sea: W. Rapp & Sons, Limited, 1911;pp. xvi, 504. Orig. maroon cloth w. gilt title on spine and fr. cover. Frontis. portrait of the author. A revised and enlarged edition, with a chapter on Yorkshire Sporting Folklore contributed by the author's son, J. Fairfax Blakeborough, and with 150 additional words in the glossary. The work includes two chapters on witchcraft. Spine faded, else a very good copy. (Book ref. 4304) £32.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Nineteenth Century Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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