Books: Popular Legends; or, Evenings at Woodlawn, Waitakere in Waitakere, Auckland for sale

Inner hinges broken. Bend to front board near top edge. Some bruising to corners of boards and ends of spine. Moderate foxing.; xii [i-iv are publisher's advertisements], 308 pages + [4] pages advertisements at rear. Contemporary blind-stamped green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 167 x 104mm. Pale yellow endpapers. Spine title:"Popular Legends"."In the following selection from the traditions of European countries, care has been taken to choose only such as have never, to the writer's knowledge, been presented before in an English dress."Stories, legends, including the story"The Vampyre"on pages 169-188. Other story titles include: The Kiabotermann; The Willi-dance; The Tea-Fairy; The Little Grey Man; Rubezahl; The Zangen-Maiden; The Kyffhauser; The Wine Cellar at Bremen; Castle Greifenstein; The Shade of Wanda; The Maid of Heilbron. Supernatural fiction, vampire lore. Elizabeth Ellet (1818-1877) was acquainted with Edgar Allan Poe. [Provenance: Hardwicke Knight, with his blindstamp on the title page. [Seller Ref: KnightCol] ; 12mo
Author
Mrs [Elizabeth F.] Ellet
Title
Popular Legends; or, Evenings at Woodlawn
Publisher name
James M'Glashan, Dublin
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1850
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Key words
Literature
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