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1979Author signature on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp.
1977Neat inscription to title page. No other marks and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with faint cup rings to front and no bumping to corners. 62pp. A collection of Ulster dialect gems from the Belfast Telegraph writer.
1992No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 90pp. Poetry and verse from a well-known writer and orator of Lancashire dialect, whose real name was Malcolm Campbell (Mal-o-Bill's). Also a Glossary of Lancashire words and some old Lancashire sayings.
1991No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. A 'gradely' collection of Lancashire poems collated by local history writer and publisher Bob Dobson.
1890No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty page edges, rubbing to top of spine and minor bumping to corners. Clear gilt lettering to spine and front board. Spine not faded or sunned. 292pp. Dialect tales of old Lancashire, many autobiographical. Undated ca 1890.
1890Signed by George B Horridge, ex-soldier and Lancashire cricketer to front end paper, tucked in are brief synopses and a calling card from Mrs Horridge of Elton Lodge, Bury. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright navy cloth boards, clear gilt lettering to front and spine, slightly dusty page edges and bumping to corners and to rear edges. Spine not faded or sunned 296pp. With six of Edwin Waugh's Lancashire dialect sketches in this First Series plus four drawings and engravings. Undated, ca 1890.
1890No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright navy cloth boards, very small mark to front, clear gilt lettering to front and spine, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Spine not faded or sunned 296pp. With two long and sixteen short stories of Edwin Waugh's Lancashire dialect sketches in this Second Series plus two drawings. Undated, ca 1890.
1906Small hardback with stained cover. Loose illustrated pages and one illustrated page is missing. Text pages are complete and intact. Previous owner's name inside. 4 1/2"w x 6 7/8"h. 38 pages. Humorous story in dialect. Illustrations by Will Crawford.
1890No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright very faintly spotted front navy cloth board, unmarked rear, clear gilt lettering to front and spine, slightly dusty page edges and minor bumping to spine ends. Large fold-out map at rear slightly torn and creased at extremeties. Spine not faded or sunned 290pp. With ten chapters on the author's travels in parts of the Lake District and other areas of Europe. Includes some Lancashire dialect talks with the locals plus twenty-seven drawings and a map of the Lake District. Undated, ca 1890.
1923Light foxing to page edges. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with slight faded slightly rubbed boards, dusty top of page edges and minor bumping to lower corners. Very scarce. 344pp. Lancashire dialect poems from thirty-four named and some anonymous writers, some well-known, some more scarce.
1977A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/8"w x 9 1/2"h. 320 pages. Elementary school English textbook with super seventies brightly-colored graphics.
1900A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 218 pages, plus advertisements. 5"w x 7 1/2"h. Full green cloth boards with embossed decorations and gilt lettering on spine. With 29 b&w illustrations. "The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana is an 1871 novel by the American author Edward Eggleston. The novel originated from a series of stories written for Hearth and Home, a periodical edited by Eggleston, and was based on the experiences of his brother, George Cary Eggleston, who had been a schoolteacher in Indiana. The novel is noted for its realistic depictions of 19th-century American rural life and for its use of local dialect."
1900Fingermarks to a few pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Dusty pages in a very tight binding with unmarked maroon boards and minor bumping to corners. Tissue-guarded frontispiece photograph of (presumably) Peter and Ann foxed around edges. 95pp. The story of Peter and Ann from a midlands mining community. Very scarce.
1978No marks or inscriptions. Crease to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked, very slightly dusty covers and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Introduction by journalist and local historian Chris Aspin. These stories in Blackburn dialect verse written under the non-de-plume Jack o' Ann's were taken from the Blackburn Times over a period of 33 years from around 1880 onwards. They were written by the publisher's great grandfather. With four black & white photos of the author and the area from the 1890s plus some of his hand-written correspondence. Scarce.
1890No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked navy cloth boards, clear gilt lettering to front and spine, slightly dusty page edges, minor bump to top of spine, decorated end papers and no bumping to corners. Spine not faded or sunned A 44 page introduction plus 274pp. With five tales from the author's travels around Lancashire plus a Christmas story, including much Lancashire dialect plus frontispiece photograph of Edwin Waugh. Undated, ca 1890.
1915Worn blue cloth boards with edge wear and fraying. Pasted-down color illustration on cover and eight full-page illustrations inside by Culmer Barnes. 6 1/8"w x 8 1/8"h. 210 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Black servants on Broadlands plantation tell animal tales to the white children. Written in Southern black dialect.
1943A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Beige cloth boards darkened on spine and top edge. Signed by James Pipes and Edith Mahier (illustrator) on front free endpaper. 190 pages. White store clerk James Pipes's writings about the black workers of the sawmills and cotton plantations in the swamplands of Louisiana in vernacular with decorations by Edith Mahier.
18888vo., neat contemporary signature on half-title; original green cloth, boards ruled in black, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, black endpapers, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. With 96pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Combines all three collections of the author's dialect poetry. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.
18698vo., Second Edition; strongly bound in blue patterned cloth, leather back lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the separately printed errata slip mounted facing Preface. Sold from an institution with its bookplate and small press-marks on front endpapers, and neat small stamps on half-title and title. First published in 1864. VERY SCARCE.
197187 pages. Features: Historic houses; The Dialect called Bungi; Early Manitoba Furniture; Seven Oaks House; Legislative Buildings; The Magnificent Adventure - The first printing press and publications west of Toronto in 1940 - James Evans; Log Construction at Red River; The Crockery Trade; Lower Fort Garry; St. Andrews on the Red; Story of Transportation; Ukrainians in the Manitoba Mosaic; Upper Fort Garry; Sir Thomas Button; St. Boniface Museum; Manitoba Glass Works; Local Museums preserve history; Manitoba Art; Portageto Winnipeg; Indian Trade Silver; Museum of Man and Nature; The Metis and the Buffalo. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1926Sm. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text, free endpapers very lightly spotted; orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, orange top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter wanting majority of backstrip (label partly preserved) and mildly frayed at edges. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Loosely inserted is a note from the recipient containing the author's address in Penrith. PRESENTATION COPIES ARE SCARCE.
1905448 pages. "Contains texts and myths obtained on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, during the winter of 1900-01." - Introduction. Front free endpaper almost loose. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
