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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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OLD CORNWALL VOL. XIII No. 5 AUTUMN 2005
Written by Terry Knight.
Stock no. 1802408
Published by The Federation Of Old Cornwall Societies. 2005. Fine condition.

A twice yearly publication edited by Terry Knight. Colour cardwraps. Includes articles: Penryn around 1926; Women's Land Army memories; St Erth's POW camp; Reminiscences of Truro; Saving Kelyn (dialcect); Jerome - the Copper mining ghost town; plus many other short items. 64 pages. A fine copy.

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THE WIDOW WOMAN
Written by Charles Lee. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1202028
Published by James Bowden. 1899. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. A Cornish Tale. 2nd edition. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine faded.

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IN CHIMLEY CORNER
Written by Jan Stewer; A.J. Coles.
Stock no. 823911
Published by Herbert Jenkins. 1st 1927. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Devonshire dialect book. Orange cloth and titles. Spine very slightly faded. Free endpapers browned else contents fine. A bright copy.

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DEVONSHIRE COURTSHIP
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Wood.
Stock no. 823450
Published by W. Wood. Circa 1869. Very good condition.

Small format. Yellow pictorial paperwraps. A story written in Devonshire dialect. 74 pages + 2 page booklist. Spine rubbed and slightly chipped.

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WISE WIFF IN THE CUMBERLAND DIALECT
Written by Alexander Craig Gibson.
Stock no. 823200
Published by George Coward. 1867. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. 12 pages + 3 page booklist. Modern grey cloth binding, white title label to spine.

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