Rare original comic poems, illustrative of the Cornish diale...

Hammer

£110

Rare original comic poems, illustrative of the Cornish dialect. A bound volume containing a total of 27 very rare original comic poems, illustrative of the Cornish dialect as follows: 'Ye Battel of Ye Bonfyres; A Song Sung in Ye Yere of Grace MDCCLXVIII,' Truro: James R. Netherton, 1868, 8 pages, first edition, a dialect poem set in Penzance, not listed in the NUC or the BM catalogue. Thomas Hingston Harvey. 'Harkyology. Mr Theodosius Smitheram’s Account of the Sayings and Doings of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. Recited at Truro, on Thursday Evening, September 4th 1862,' Truro: James R. Netterson, 1862, 15pp, a comic monologue, in dialect, not listed in the nuc. George Henwood and John Henry Daniel. 'Seven Cornish Stories,' first edition, 1869, pub by W. Wood, Devonport, 50 pages + a woodcut frontispiece; a. A Great Mine Conference ‘A Vision’. b. The Gwennap Bal Boys. c. The Prechen Cappen. d. The Fox Outwitted by a Cock. e. A Legend of St Germans. f. Dialogue About India, China Railways and Unions. g. The Poor Man and His Parish Church. Devonport: W. Wood; John Russell Smith (london) n.d. (1869). 'A Miscellany of Cornish Humour,' the first piece, in prose, is by George Henwood, who also contributed the first poem, in Cornish dialect; one of the poems is by H. J. Daniel, with a frontispiece of a man holding a banner reading, ‘fish, tin and copper’, the NUC lists 2 copies. H. J. Daniel. 'Mary Anne’s Career (Continued) and Cousin Jack’s Adventures,' first edition, 1869, pub by W. Wood, Devonport, 48 pages + woodcut frontispiece, as follows: Mary Anne’s Christening/Mary Anne’s Visit to the Volunteer Bazaar/Mary Anne’s Troubles. Cousin Jack at Summercourt Fair/Davey Bates’ and Watty Snell’s First Railway Ride to Plymouth/The Devil in the Addit/The Miners and the Chapel/The Two Conjurers/Cousin Jack and the Gipsy. H. J. Daniel. 'A New Budget of Cornish Poems,' first edition, 1869, pub by W. Wood, Devonport, 48 pages + a woodcut frontispiece, the NUC lists one copy, as follows : The World for Sale/The Leek-Seed Chapel/Mary Anne in Retirement/An Ode to Mevagizzey/Punch and the Men of St Agnes/The Cornishmen and the Cherries/The Giants Staff (A Cornish Legend)/The Miners and the Boat/The Parsons Dream. In a very good to fine condition, 12mo, contemporary half dark blue calf, spine gilt, red morocco label.