Dialect of the West Riding of Yorkshire: A Short History of Leeds and other Towns
by DYER, Samuel
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Brighouse, [Yorkshire]: John Hartley, 1891. First Edition. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5"), vi, [3], 10 - 142 & [2] pages. Publisher's brown cloth lettered & decorated in gilt on the upper cover.
Brief wear at spine extremities & corners, edges & joints with minor rubbing, otherwise very good.
"In this little book is an ethnological survey of the various races of men who have successfully made incursions to this country, and the words they have left behind, which have gone to build up the English we now speak ..." ~Excerpted from the author's notice.
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- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1869
- Title
- Dialect of the West Riding of Yorkshire: A Short History of Leeds and other Towns
- Author
- DYER, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Hartley
- Place of Publication
- Brighouse, [Yorkshire]
- Date Published
- 1891
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Samuel Dyer. West Riding, Yorkshire, England, Linguistics, Language, Dialect, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Great Britain, United Kingdom;
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