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Cornish Homes and Customs

Author(s):

Jenkin, A K Hamilton

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

–

Dust Jacket Protection:

–

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

–

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

J M Dent and Sons

Publication Year:

1934

Publication Place:

–

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

002430

Catalogue(s):

History – Family and Institutional History, Geneaology ◇ Travel, Exploration and Topography

£18.00

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Monochrome plate frontispiece and 7 further similar illustrations in text. 274pp. Red cloth-covered boards, blind ruled and motif (boards just a little worn at edges). Inscription on endpaper, else internally neat and clean, barring very occasional faint spotting. A fantastic, if a little eclectic, collection of Cornish living, customs, traditions, foods etc, arranged in four sections examining “The Cottage Home”, ‘Food, Ordinary and Extraordinary’, ‘The Rural Calendar’ and ‘Customs and Traditions’, the latter including sections of the Padstow Hobby-horse, The Minehead Horse, Hurling at St Columb, The Mock Mayors of Cornwall, Pitched Battles, Helston Furry-day and more.

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