Black Dog Folklore: Special Edition – Mark Norman (Troy Books)

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A special edition of Mark Norman’s comprehensive study of the spectral Black Dog in British tradition — the shucks, barguests and church grims that haunt roads, bridges and churchyards the length of the country. Drawing on an extensive gazetteer of over 700 recorded UK sightings and traditions, Norman moves from the general character of the dog-ghost through regional West Country variants, family and protective dogs, death folklore, and the beast’s persistence in modern sightings and the landscape itself. Illustrated with line drawings throughout, plus twelve pages of black-and-white photographic plates. Special Edition, bound in red cloth with black foil blocking to the front and spine, black endpapers and black head and tail bands. Limited to 300 hand-numbered copies,