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. Split to internal front hinge though gatherings are still sound. Some marks to navy cloth. Gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile signature to front. Good copy. . Hardcover.
Manchester: Abel Heywood,. 100pp. Lancashire dialect prose and poetry. Book has been neatly rebound in plain card. Amateur job but sound and neat if rather basic. Remains of typed titles glued to front the rest loosely enclosed. Reading copy only. . Paperback.
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. Split to internal front hinge though gatherings are still sound. Some marks to navy cloth. Gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile signature to front. Reading copy only. . Hardcover.
