"Ab-oth'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories: Three Volume Set
Brierley, Ben; Dronsfield, James (Ed.)
Published by W. E. Clegg, Oldham, 1896
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Three Volumes. Small Octavo's. xxx, 272pp. viii, 293pp. viii, 294pp. Uniformly bound in publisher's green ribbed cloth, gilt titles to spines. T.E.G. Vol. I spine slightly cocked. Minor rubbing/bumping to extremities of all. Light surface wear to vol. III. Minor browning to end papers, occasional very light spotting, otherwise generally bright. Illustrated. A Very Good set. Heavy - additional postage will be advised. Seller Inventory # 005046
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Title: "Ab-oth'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short ...
Publisher: W. E. Clegg, Oldham
Publication Date: 1896
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Jackson, F. W.
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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Ab-oth'-Yate Sketches and Other Short Stories: Three Volume Set Complete
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W. E. Clegg,, Oldham, 1896
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Hardcover
Seller: C L Hawley (PBFA), Skipton, YORKS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Good+ set. Hardback. Lancashire dialect. xxv,272+293+294pp. This set brings together the work of three important Lancashire men the dialect poet Ben Brierley, the Arts and Crafts architect Edgar Wood and Wood's close friend the painter Fred W. Jackson in a volume published in Oldham, the fulcrum of their lives in Lancashire. Edited by James Dronsfield with biography of Ben Brierley to introduction. Ribbed green cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated title page by Edgar Wood. Illustrated by F. W. Jackson. Black and white frontis portrait photograph with tissue guard and three further illustrated plates to volume I. Frontis and two further illustrated plates each to volumes II and III. Gilt to top edge. An interesting piece of Oldham local history. Cloth is generally clean but with occasional faint mark and spots of wear to spine ends and and corners. Faint stain to page margins of the third volume for a few pages. Binding is sound. Text is clean. Good+ set. Seller Inventory # 20356
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