RHYMES OF A RUSTIC BARD: THE POEMS AND SONGS OF RICHARD WATSON MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE
Written by Richard Watson. Illustrated by Norman Robinson.
Stock no. 1831306
Published by The Teesdale Mercury. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. A few b/w illustrations to text. 206 pages including index. One of two minor scuff marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

THE DORSET POET
Written by William Barnes; Chris Wrigley.
Stock no. 1831304
Published by The Dovecote Press Ltd. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive selection of poetry and prose by the greatest and most popular of all English dialect poets. Introduced and selected by Chris Wrigley. Green pictorial cardwraps. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0946159173. Spine slightly faded. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Text block a little dusty and a few foxspots to top edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.

NEW GEOGRAPHIES OF LANGUAGE
Written by Rhys Jones; Huw Lewis.
Stock no. 1330969
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2019. Very good condition.

Language, Culture and Politics in Wales. Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities series. Blue boards. 377 pages including index. ISBN: 9781137426109. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light marks to front endpapers. Contents clean.

BY ROARING LOOM
Written by J. Marshall Mather. Illustrated by Lancelot Speed.
Stock no. 1831121
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Very good condition.

A story of Lancashire life in the factories, told in Lancashire dialect. Brown cloth boards, black titles and circular vignette to front board. B/w plates. 311 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. Joints just starting to crack. Endpapers browned. Hinges slightly pulled but binding tight. A few foxspots present. Undated.

SANDY CANDY AND OTHER SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Norah Montgomerie; William Montgomerie. Illustrated by Norah Montgomerie.
Stock no. 1830856
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

There are more than three hundred songs, riddles and jingles in this treasury of nursery rhymes. They come from all over Scotland, and fit every sort of occasion from guessing games to bed-time magic. Selected and edited by Norah & William Montgomerie. Green cloth boards, with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 190 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block browned, with some foxing. Browning to endpapers else contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, and some light wear to top edges.

SCENES OF CHILDHOOD VOL II: MORE MEMORIES OF A FOREST OF DEAN CHILDHOOD
Written by Bernard Kear. Illustrated by Bernard Kear.
Stock no. 1830489
Published by Thornhill Press. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. ISBN: 0946328455. Cover edges very lightly rubbed. Pages 83-86 have a small nick to the vertical margin. Otherwise, a lovely copy.

BAIRNSANGS: NURSERY RHYMES IN SCOTS
Written by Sandy Thomas Ross. Illustrated by Charles Summers.
Stock no. 1829598
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The suthor has composed in Scots rhymes and riddles for children. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Small scarecrow vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. vi and 44 pages. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly browned and grubby with a few minor closed tears (no loss).

JAN STEWER: A WESTCOUNTRY BIOGRAPHY
Written by Douglas J. Cock.
Stock no. 1829380
Published by Moonraker Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of two people who were almost indivisibly one: A.J. Coles, the creator, and Jan Stewer, the creation. The whole of the west country knew Jan Stewer who was 'one of the most relishing dialect humorists the regions of Britain have ever produced.' This book is both a period piece and an evocative account of a character who was the authentic popular voice of a region. Mustard brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. 103 pages including index. ISBN: 0239001923. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Yellow dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine.

A GLOSSARY OF DIALECT & ARCHAIC WORDS USED IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER
Written by J. Drummond Robertson.
Stock no. 1826400
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1890. Very good condition.

Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 217 pages. SIGNED by author on half-title page. A few grubby marks to boards. Some pencil annotations and scattered foxspots to contents. Spine & corners lightly rubbed.

BERNARD SHAW'S PHONETICS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COCKNEY SOUND-CHANGES
Written by Joseph Saxe.
Stock no. 1820953
Published by George Allen & Unwin. 1st 1936. Good condition.

Plain cardwraps with title to spine and front. 86 pages. Covers are browned, stained and marked. Base of spine worn. Edges worn. Joints broken, covers detached. Contents otherwise tightly bound.

ADVENTURES OF A YORKSHIRE FARMER AND HIS SCAPEGRACE NEVVY
Written by Timothy Goorkrodger.
Stock no. 2133863
Published by F.M. Fetherston. Circa 1885. Good condition.

The adventures of a Yorkshire farmer in London. Brown cloth spine, green boards. Text in dialect. 144 pages. Boards worn at edges with loss of paper covering at corners. Lower corner tip lost from rear cover. Tear to gutter between index and first page. Spine has a couple of black marks. Pages browned.

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1840. Good condition.

Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.