1882 Rare Book - Lancashire Legends, Superstitions, Witches by Harland WilkinsonAuthors: John Harland, F. S. A. and T. T. Wilkinson, F. R. A. S. Title: Lancashire Legends: Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c., with an Appendix containing a Rare Tract on the Lancashire Witches. Publisher: Manchester: John Heywood, Deansgate and Ridgefield; London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1882. Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 5 x 5 inches. Pages: xxxv 283 pages + publisher's catalogue. Binding: Attractiva end near fine publishers original brown

Illustrations: Complete with six full-page illustrations by Arthur B

The illustrator: Evelyn Stuart Hardy (1866-1935) was an English illustrator and author

and gilt author’s name at the foot (hinges fine

Trained at the South London School of Technical Art

The restrained yet elegant cloth bindings align closely with Morris’s ideals of craftsmanship

rare light foxing or staining mainly on one page due to now removed paper clip offsetting - as shown)

magical depictions of fairies

A classic collection of Irish folklore

edited and slightly abridged by C

well-inked

and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851)

meaning "quatrains