The Vocabulary of East Anglia; an Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the Twin Sister Counties, Norfolk and Suffolk as it Existed in the Last Twenty Years of the Eighteenth Century
by FORBY, ROBERT
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J B Nichols and Son, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes 13 cm x 20.5 cm xlvii + 126 - 435 pages , engraved frontis portrait to Volume I of the author.Inscription to paste down of each volume "To the Rev W Collett Hawstead Rectory July 27th /59 from H C Metcalfe."Some spotting to end papers and frontis otherwise contents clean and tight.Publishers cloth with the original paper labels to each volume ,1.5 cm chip to upper spine edge vol 2 some age fading to cloth.The binding is tight with no other splits.A very good copy in the original state.Includes a list of subscribers and tipped- in slip naming additional subscribers.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001564
- Title
- The Vocabulary of East Anglia; an Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the Twin Sister Counties, Norfolk and Suffolk as it Existed in the Last Twenty Years of the Eighteenth Century
- Author
- FORBY, ROBERT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J B Nichols and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- VOCABULARY ,LANGUAGE ,EAST ANGLIA ,SUFFOLK ,NORFOLK
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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