A facsimile of a manuscript cookbook written in Piemontese and Italian. There are twelve recipes (one for each month) written out in both languages. Each recipe is accompanied by a reproduction of an etching. One of 1000 copies. Folio, publisher's boards, near fine.

William Cole · Espagne150,00 €

Noulet, Jean-BaptisteMareMagnum

Essai de l'histoire littÈraire des patois du midi de la France aux XVIe et XVIIe siËcles

1859FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this groundbreaking study of southern French dialects in the 16th and 17th centuries. VIII, 257 pp. Concludes with an extensive bibliography of books in southern French dialects printed during those centuries (471 items described). Printed on good wove paper. 4to. Bound in morocco-backed pebbled boards. A bit of spotting, else clean. A very good copy of a rare and fascinating book.

William Cole · Espagne295,00 €

Rossel, Alfred (FranÁois Esnault, G. Poullain, and G. Mouty, illustrators)MareMagnum

Oeuvres complËtes de Alfred Rossel. Chansons. Chansons et PoÈsies en Patois. Chansons et PoÈsies diverses.

1913FIRST EDITION of the complete songs and poems of Alfred Rossel (1841-1926), the main figure of the Norman cultural revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (a second edition was published, several years after the author's death.) Many of the texts are in Cotentinais, the Norman patois he did so much to promote. Many are accompanied by printed music. VIII, 263 pp + 10 hors-texte plates (two photographic portraits, four original etchings, and four phototypes of drawings). From a total edition of 700 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY FIVE (5) COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, SIGNED BY ROSSEL ON THE JUSTIFICATION PAGE. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut. Tiny traces of wear to wraps, internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Not in WorldCat or the BibliothËque Nationale. Copies on Japon impÈriale, like this one, are obviously of the greatest rarity.

William Cole · Espagne750,00 €

Doyle, EzraMareMagnum

Polly's Gaon; Or Merriment in Dress and the Folly of Pride / James and Polly; or the Very Funny Wedding / Buttery Dick; or the Beautiful Sweating / The Bottle of Galker; or Fun in Fermentation (chapbook in West Yorkshire dialect)

1880THREE COPIES of the first and only edition of this collection of light verse in the West Yorkshire dialect, EACH WITH PRINTED WRAPS OF A DIFFERENT COLOR (blue, yellow, and orange/red) AND ALL IN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT CONDITION. 50 pp. 16mo (12.1 x 7.5 cm). Bound in printed wraps. This set is surely of the greatest rarity.

William Cole · Espagne275,00 €

Evans, George EwartMareMagnum

Where Beards Wag All: The Relevance Of The Oral Tradition

1973In this book George Evans sets out to explain the special importance of the oral tradition on which he has relied. The memories of the old men and women of the village, born perhaps between 1880 and 1895, supplement and humanise the documentary evidence of the historian and the material evidence of the archaeologist. 26 chapters over 4 sections: Craftsmen, Agriculture, The Village, Migrant Workers. 29 illustrations. Dust jacket has light edgewear.

Andmeister Books · Royaume-Uni15,92 €

Wyld, Henry CecilMareMagnum

A History of Modern Colloquial English

1920Blind stamped title on front cover, in green on spine. Fore and foot edge of pages uncut. Spine faded. Browning to pastedowns, endpapers and half-title page. Last free endpaper creased down the middle. Wear to joints and top/tail of spine

Andmeister Books · Royaume-Uni18,20 €

Partridge, MonicaMareMagnum

Serbo-Croat Practical Grammar and Reader

1972Book shows very light wear to covers (in black cloth) only. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 228 pages, map endpapers. Contents are composed of 22 lessons with three appendices and vocabulary. Text is in English. Author is head of department of Slavonic studies, U. of Nottingham

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · États-Unis57,95 €

Eggleston, EdwardMareMagnum

The Hoosier School-Master: A Novel

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."

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Cooke, Grace MacGowanMareMagnum

Sonny Bunny Rabbit and His Friends

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.

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · États-Unis46,36 €

Fillmer, H. Thomson; Ann Lefcourt; Nell C. Thompson; Geore E. Coon; Barbara B. CramerMareMagnum

Patterns of Language Level E

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.

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · États-Unis15,72 €

Pipes, JamesMareMagnum

Ziba

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.

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · États-Unis69,54 €

Butler, Ellis ParkerMareMagnum

Pigs is Pigs

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.

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · États-Unis13,86 €

Riley, James Whitcomb.MareMagnum

THE HOOSIER BOOK. Containing Poems in Dialect by James Whitcomb Riley. Collected and Arranged by Hewitt Hanson Howland.

1916pp. (8), 598. Some foxing. Inked ownership of Margaret K. Deaver on first fly leaf. A few original humorous drawings pasted in margins. All edges gilt. 16mo. 170mm. Original full royal blue cloth binding. Front board ruled in gold with gilt embossed letters. Rear board ruled in blind. Extremities slightly rubbed. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American writer and poet who began his career in 1875 writing verses in the old Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal newspaper. His poems tended to be humorous and/or sentimental and were extremely popular. POETRY BX 3

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis9,27 €

PennsylvaniaGerman FolkloreSociety.MareMagnum

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Volume XIII. Includes: Reinert. COVERLETS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS. // & Kuder. THE PRACTICAL FAMILY DYER. // & Buffington. LINGUISTIC VARIANTS OF THE PENNSYVANIA GERMAN DIALECT.

1949256p. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Extremely important and increasingly scarce study of loom woven coverlets. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis162,26 €

Pennsylvania German FolkloreSociety.MareMagnum

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Volume XII. Includes: Moll. AM SCHWARZE BAER // Langmuth & Yoder. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN PIONEERS FROM WERTHEIM.

1948306p. Original full cloth binding; browned at the edges. XLib. but still usable. Limited edition. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis66,76 €

Gibson, Alexander Craig.MareMagnum

THE FOLK-SPEECH OF CUMBERLAND AND SOME DISTRICTS ADJACENT; Being Short Stories and Rhymes In the Dialects of the West Border Counties.

1891pp. viii, 208. Top margins crudely cut. 12mo. Original full purple cloth binding, slightly worn. Classic collection of west country tales, including: "Joe and the Geologist"; "Bobby Banks's Bodderment"; "The Skulls of Calgarth"; and many others. POETRY BOX 2

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis17,62 €

PennsylvaniaGerman Society.MareMagnum

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY. New Series. Volume 5. Includes: SELECTIONS FROM ARTHUR D. GRAEFF'S SCHOLLA.

1971202p. Original linen cloth binding. PA 'Dutch' tales and memories.

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis22,25 €

PennsylvaniaGerman Society.MareMagnum

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY. New Series. Volume 9. Includes: Gilbert. BILDER UN GEDANKE. A Book of Pennsylvania German Verse.

1975119p. Illustrations. Original linen cloth binding.

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis19,47 €

Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.MareMagnum

QUAINT IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMANS. [A Delightful Bit of Entertainment].

193932 p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Some light underlining in the text, but otherwise very clean. The 'Revised Edition' published in the same year as the first edition. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 22 x4.

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis13,91 €

Lehigh County Historical Society.MareMagnum

PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEHIGH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Vol. 17.

1949pp. 108; 86 (A Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the Lehigh County Historical Society) + Frontis + Photo plates. 8vo. Original cloth binding. Includes: Index; Clipper Hesperus; Lumpereie; Covered Bridges; Dialect stories; Iron Furnaces; and other important articles on the early history of Lehigh County and Allentown. The Index is especially important and useful. PAG034/3

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis46,36 €

Siegel, Charles W.E.MareMagnum

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AND OTHER POEMS.

1875223 p. 12mo. Original brown cloth decorated in black & gold. Decorative spine. 1876 gold stamped on front board. The last poems in this collection are in German and Pennsylvania Dutch. Author was a student in the Reformed Theological Seminary, Lancaster. Nice copy. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 30

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis41,72 €

Adams, Charles Follen.MareMagnum

DIALECT BALLADS.

1888136 p. Frontis. Illustrations by "Boz". Plus publisher's advertisements. Small 8vo. Original pictorial publisher's cloth binding. Humorous poems and songs in a presumed German-English dialect. Very good+. Quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 04A

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis41,72 €

Frey, John William.MareMagnum

THE GERMAN DIALECT OF EASTERN YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Abstract of a Thesis.

194110 p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 20.

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis27,82 €

Frey, John William.MareMagnum

JAKE UN JONNY'n Buweg'schicht in siwwe Schtreech.

194453 p. Illustrated. Small 8vo. Original printed wraps. "Max & Moritz" in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. For a newer version See our listing under the title: HANS UN YARICK. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 10

Bookshop Family Album · États-Unis30,60 €

Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.MareMagnum

AURAND'S COLLECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN STORIES & POEMS.

1916128 p. 24mo. Original printed wraps. Fine dialect collection. Quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 28 x4.