The Matter of Wales, Preliminary Volume: Cymru as the Native Name for Wales
Author(s):
Vaughan. Arthur Owen
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | The Educational Publishing Co |
| Publication Year: | 1913 |
| Publication Place: | Cardiff, UK |
| SKU: | 038642 |
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| Categories: | Local Interest and History - Wales , Politics, Political Science and Public Policy , Words, Writing, Grammar and Languages |
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viii, 192pp. Red cloth-covered boards; Blind-embossed dragon on front, gilt titles on front and spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends, mottling on boards. Top text block edge dust damaged, remaining edges starting to tan. Cloth colour has bled on to pastedowns, free endpapers starting to tan; pages ageing; volume shaken. Otherwise, internally neat and clean.
A discussion of the origins and of the native name for Wales, Cymru which contrasts it with the Anglo-Saxon term, Wales, with a history of the usage and symbolism of the two.
Keywords:
Wales
Welsh History
Place-names
Welsh Language
