The Chimney Corner by Waugh, Edwin (Edited by George Milner)

John Heywood, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 292 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Cracking to front hinge. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned.

John Heywood Ltd, 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Fading to spine, general shelf wear. Pages clean, binding sturdy.

John Heywood, 1111. Hardback. First edition, undated. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Good minus condition; boards lightly rubbed and edgeworn, bumps to corners and spine, tanning to fore edges and pages, pages clean and tightly bound, proze bookplate on fep. No dust jacket. Published: John Heywood

London: John Heywood Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. [1897]. Reprint. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). vi, 292pp. .

Manchester, UK: John Heywood. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated, but circa 1900. vi, 292pp; black and white frontispiece, engraved chapter headers, footers and initial letters. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine, embossed design on rear. Bumped spine ends. Cloth starting to wear through on corners. Cocked. Top edge darkened. Decorated endpapers, free endpapers tanning. Previous owner's name and date (28/4/13) on half title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo.

GB: John Heywood (Manchester), 1883. Brown bobbled cloth with leather spine. Inscribed by Author verso front endpaper "To H C Braddon Esq M D from Edwin Waugh A small token of gratitude for valuable services and personal kindness during his illness at the Knowsley Hotel in May 1886". A sound text and covers but considerable signs of wear and age. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1700g. . Inscribed by Author. Hardback. G++/No DW.

Manchester: John Heywood. Hardback. 292p. Over 40 Lancashire tales largely in dialect by the dialect poet Edwin Waugh. Many previously appeared in the Manchester journal, The Critic. Titles include: Wakken Beggar; The Lost Donkey; Snick-Snarls; The Swallowed Sixpence; Lobscouse; A Berrin' Posy, etc. Frontis retains the tissue guard. Vignette to title page is by Ralph Caldecott and the black and white frontis An old chimney corner in Chadderton Fold is by John Houghton Hague appropriately of the Manchester School of Painters. Navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile signature to the front is very clean and bright. Blind stamped flower design to the back board. slightly softened to spine ends else very neat. Very good copy . Hardcover.

John Heywood Ltd, 1883. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS.. Not Signed or Inscribed. Brown Cloth. Very Good ( AVERAGE)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". HARDBACK.

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John Heywood Ltd, 1883. Book Hardcover. Very Good. newly bound in green cloth with marbled endpapers.