Ross frederick stead richard (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 162pp, bound in dark blue cloth; Octavo.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Orginal English Dialect Society publications , from Series C. Original Glossaries. Modern case bound in one volume. Pale grey papered boards with gilt lettered black leather title label on the spine, with endpapers. Bound in with the original stiff blue paper covers with title page on the front and Society adverts on inner and rear covers. Frontispiece sketch map of Holderness, iv, 162 pages. 5.5 X 8.75 inches. Externally very good indeed, inside there is alittle damp marking and wear from damp to the edges of the final few pages otherwise very good.…

FIRST EDITION. Front., errata leaf. Orig. brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt; front board sl. marked, spine sl. rubbed at head & tail.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. Three volumes of the publications of the 'English Dialect Society', presenting glossaries of word unique to the dialects of various regions in England. Three volumes of publications from the English Dialect Society.The earliest of these volumes, dated 1877, is taken from Series C, and is titled 'VII Glossary of Words used in Holderness in the East-Riding of Yorkshire', by Frederick Ross, Richard Stead, and Thomas Holderness.Illustrated with a map frontispieceThe second work, dated 1879, consists of 'Series B Reprinted Glossaries XVIII-XXII'. Bound without the title page.The final volume, dated 1881, and retaining the original half title and title page, consists of 'Original Glossaries' of words from the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Cumberland, North Lincolnshire, and Radnorshire.Rebound, with the central portion of each original front wrap pasted to front boards. With the rear wrap bound in to each work.A fascinating insight into analysis of regional dialects in the late nineteenth century. Rebound in cloth backed paper covered boards, with central portions of original front wraps pasted to front pastedowns. Endpapers renewed. Original rear wraps bound in to the rear of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. One volume lacking original title page. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. None (illustratore). book.…