Yorkshire chap-books / ed. by Charles A. Federer. First series: comprising Thomas Gent's tracts on legendary subjects; with a memoir of the author, and a select number of facsimile reproductions of the original woodcuts
London : E. Stock, 1889. 1st edition. Previous owner's bookplate inside. Good copy in dual-toned, hard marbled boards; gilt-blocked paper label on spine. Covers and spine dust-dulled, bumped and roughly rubbed as with age (with some loss). Browning and creasing to the pages. Item #433603
Physical description; (280 pages) illustrations. Contents; Editor's introduction.--Life of Thomas Gent (by the editor)--Life of S. Winefred.--Gent's advertisements.--History of Christ and the apostles.--Judas Iscariot.--The legend of Mount Pilate (by the editor)--The life of afflicted Job.--St. Robert of Knaresborough.--On holy wells (by R. Cambers). Subjects; Chapbooks. Folk literature. Street literature. Folk literature England Yorkshire. Chapbooks, English ; Early works to 1900. Folk literature England Yorkshire ; Early works to 1900 Chapbooks Bibliography.
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