Search Results: Forty Years In a Moorland Parish by Rev J C Atkinson

M T D Rigg Publications, Otley UK 1988 (this illustrated edition was first published in 1891). 22.0 x 14.0cms, 472ppb/w illusts, very good+ hardback with very good dustwrapper (sunned spine) Acknowledged as one of England's greatest works of non-fiction, this book 'captures all the flavour of the moorland life in late 19th century'. It discusses dialect, folklore, ancient marriage customs, 'hobs', 'fairies', eagles etc.

Macmillan, 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1891. No Edition Stated. 457 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. B&W frontispiece. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front paste down. Pencil marking to pages on occasion. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine and board edges, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.

Maroon cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.
Very good copy with few issues. *Folklore and superstitions of the area with the Hob, Fairies, and dwarf tales + Witches + Wise men and Women + Barrow Digging + Geological and strata information + Housing + Wedding and other customs + Natural History (mainly ornithological) Notes + Scenery in the seasons + 72 pages appendices of local customs and Danby Castle, etc. Classic work for lovers of folklore and English traditions.

1908 MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON. VERY GOOD COPY IN BROWN BOARDS. REPRINT. WITH PORTRAITS AND PREFATORY MEMOIR. REMINISCENCES AND RESEARCHES IN DANBY IN CLEVELAND.