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xxxvi, [4], 168pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, early pencilled gift inscription to head of title page. The provincially published first edition of sometime Newcastle miner, later teacher, Thomas Wilson's (1773-1858) Durham dialect verse capturing the essence of pit-life, 'an humble attempt to describe the manners and habits of the pitmen of this populous and important district', explaining the apparent improvement of the lot of the workers 'since the days of the "Collier's Wedding"'. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # AQ29247
Bibliographic Details
Title: The pitman's pay, and other poems
Publisher: William Douglas, Gateshead
Publication Date: 1843
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.
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