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A Glossary of The Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland including two supplements
by DICKINSON, W./ PREVOST, E. W. & DICKSON BROWN, S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A Glossary of The Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland. (includes two separately published supplements 'with grammar of the dialect' written by Prevost and Dickson Brown which were later bound to create a three volume book)
DICKINSON, W./ PREVOST, E. W. & DICKSON BROWN, S.
Bemrose & Sons, Henry Frowde & Thurnam & Son, London & Carlisle, 1899, hardback, VG, boards green with gilt and leather spine label, top edge gilt, hand cut pages, 375 pp/202 pp/44 pp.
Boards edge worn, firm, small chip to spine label (see scan), no inscription or annotations, cracked spine between title page and end papers, otherwise sound, pages clean, lightly tanned, fore-edges of text block dust stained. Good sound early copy.
ANTIQUARIAN, LAKES, CUMBERLAND, LANGUAGE, DIALECT, WORDS, PHRASES, PRENUNCIATION, GRAMMAR, PHONOLOGY
46496 ANTIQ/LAKES £46.50
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- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46496
- Title
- A Glossary of The Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland including two supplements
- Author
- DICKINSON, W./ PREVOST, E. W. & DICKSON BROWN, S
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bemrose & Sons & Thurnam & Son
- Place of Publication
- London & Carlisle
- Date Published
- 1899
- Pages
- 375/202/44 pp.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN, LAKES, CUMBERLAND, LANGUAGE, DIALECT, WORDS, PHRASES, PRENUNCIATION, GRAMMAR, PHONOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- ANTI; LAKE DISTRICT;
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Daisyroots Books Ltd
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria
About Daisyroots Books Ltd
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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