MOORSIDE TALES AND TALK. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-13] 14-254 [255-256: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained black. First edition. Collection of twenty-one essays and sketches about rural Britain, mostly reprinted from periodicals. "Superstitions" presents several supernatural tales about witchcraft, connected within a loose and discursive framework, written in a deliberately non-sensational, journalistic style but with some quite effective touches. Small private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. A bright, nearly fine copy. (#113103).
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"FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1935" on copyright page.
"FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1935" on copyright page.