English Dialect Society - Reprinted Glossaries - Series B. Numbers 18 to 22 - with - English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century

London: Published By Trubner & Co. For the English Dialect Society, 1879. Two orginal English Dialect Society publications, Cloth bound together in one volume,Pale grey paper boards with black leather title label with gilt lettering on the spine, with endpapers. Bound in with the original stiff blue paper covers with title pages on the front and Society adverts on inner and rear covers. The two publications are : (1) Walter W. Skeat ; 1879, Series B Reprinted Glossaries, XVIII-XXII, XVIII. DIALECTAL WORDS ; FROM ' KENNETT'S PAROCHIAL ANTIQUITIES ; ' 1695. XIX. WILTSHIRE WORDS ; FROM 'BRITTON'S BEAUTIES OF WILTSHIRE,' 1825; COMPARED WITH 'AKERMAN'S GLOSSARY;' 1842. XX. EAST-ANGLIAN WORDS ; FROM SPURDENS'SUPPLEMENT TO FORBY ; 1840. XXI. SUFFOLK WORDS ; FROM CULLUM'S HISTORY OF HAWSTED; 1813. XXII. EAST YORKSHIRE WORDS (SUPPLEMENT) ; BY MR. MARSHALL; 1796., viii, 111, 23 pages. (2) Nathaniel Bailey, 1883, English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the Universal Etymological Dictionary of Nathaniel Bailey, Edited with an introduction by William Axon, xix, 213 pages. 5.5 X 8.5 inches.Externally very good indeed, inside there is damp marking and wear to the cover of the first publication and the following pages although diminishing into the book, also some damp marking to the margins of the last few pages.Otherwise a very good sound copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.