CORNISH NOTES & QUERIES : First series. Reprinted from the Cornish Telegraph

Very interesting collection of Local History interest. Frontis illus. B&W Portrait of Sir Humphrey Davy. Includes: Feasts, Folklore, Topography, Genealogy, Language Dialect & Names, Antiquities, Mining, Natural History, Proverbs, Weather Lore & Riddles, Curious Signboards, Eccentric Characters, Humorous Stories & more. Grey cloth cover with leather texture, Black Lettering & Designs to front. Spine has Black horizontal division, Gilt title and "Series I", "Penzance Cornish telegraph" at the bottom. 7 1/2" Tall, 323 pages + Index. Near Very Good condition. Some edge wear to cloth at tips of corners and spine ends. Hinges cracked and reinforced with book repair tissue. Small penciled not on endpaper. no other inscriptions. pages in very good, clean condition.