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88 + 112pp., met enkele zw/w ils., 2e druk, geïll. omslag, goede staat, B98995
380 p. Curiously illustrated by the author in a naive style. Worn original full cloth binding. Lacks endpapers. Large 8vo. 23 cm. A remarkable self-published epic free verse poem that covers a vast landscape of late Victorian-American social and cultural issues and situations. Included is a chapter in black dialect. The heroine of the work is "Millie Floss." Though not a brilliant copy, the book is genuinely scarce. Bascom was a Prohibition Party politician in Steuben County, New York. Probably there is much of local interest in this book. Quite remarkable. W145
173pp., br.orig., signé avec dédicace par le co-auteur Francis Drapeau, 21cm.
In-8°, (2cc), ritratto calcografico dell’Autore inciso da Gaetano Vascellini su disegno di Carlo Bianconi, fregio xilografico sul frontepizio, 454pp, legatura in mezza pelle, titolo in oro al dorso su tassello, fregi in oro al dorso. Buona copia
129pp.geïll., 30cm.
202p. 8vo. Original linen cloth binding. Pennsylvania 'Dutch' tales and memories. Issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. New Series. Volume 5. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Book shows very light wear to covers (in black cloth) only. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 228 pages, map endpapers. Contents are composed of 22 lessons with three appendices and vocabulary. Text is in English. Author is head of department of Slavonic studies, U. of Nottingham
In-8°; pp. 176. Legatura in mezza pelle con tassello in rosso del titolo con incision in oro al dorso.
pp. 1-114. Includes also: Barba. THE DIALECT POEMS OF RALPH FUNK. pp. 115-328. 8vo. Illustrated. Original red cloth binding. Issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. New Series. Volume 2. PGS Box 9 BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE EMail to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 90pp. Poetry and verse from a well-known writer and orator of Lancashire dialect, whose real name was Malcolm Campbell (Mal-o-Bill's). Also a Glossary of Lancashire words and some old Lancashire sayings.
Worn blue cloth boards with edge wear and fraying. Pasted-down color illustration on cover and eight full-page illustrations inside by Culmer Barnes. 6 1/8"w x 8 1/8"h. 210 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Black servants on Broadlands plantation tell animal tales to the white children. Written in Southern black dialect.
Author signature on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp.
Beschikbare nummers: Jg.22 (1970) Nr.3/4, Jg.28 (1976) Nr.1/2, Jg.28 (1976) Nr.3/4, Jg.29 Nr.1/2, Jg.30 Nr.1/2. Prijs per dubbel nummer:
301pp., 25cm., reliure cart. (plats marbrés, dos en cuir avec titre et faux-nerfs dorés, petite étiquette au dos), feuilles de garde marbrées, 2 cachets, texte frais et sans rousseurs, bon état, B93033
Name on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked dark green boards, some foxing and very minor rubbing to corners. 83pp. Dialect stories from the FW Moorman, Professor of English Language at Leeds University. Before the stories is a twenty page memoir of the author from Professor C Vaughan.
98pp. + frontispice (photographie originale: portait de l'auteur) + 4 planches hors-texte (des photos originales contrecollées, illustrant des scènes de cette comédie), 1e édition, signé avec dédicace par l'auteur "à mon cher ami Victor Raskin, etc.", reliure cart. (manque aux coiffes, qqs. traces d'usage), reliure fragile de qqs. pages, peu commun, Y108014
pp. 115-328. Includes also: Treher, Charles M. SNOW HILL CLOISTER. pp. 1-114. 8vo. Illustrated. Original red cloth binding. Issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. New Series. Volume 2. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
pp. viii, 208. Top margins crudely cut. 12mo. Original full purple cloth binding, slightly worn. Classic collection of west country tales, including: "Joe and the Geologist"; "Bobby Banks's Bodderment"; "The Skulls of Calgarth"; and many others. POETRY BOX 2
10 p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 20.
pp. (8), 598. Some foxing. Inked ownership of Margaret K. Deaver on first fly leaf. A few original humorous drawings pasted in margins. All edges gilt. 16mo. 170mm. Original full royal blue cloth binding. Front board ruled in gold with gilt embossed letters. Rear board ruled in blind. Extremities slightly rubbed. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American writer and poet who began his career in 1875 writing verses in the old Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal newspaper. His poems tended to be humorous and/or sentimental and were extremely popular. POETRY BX 3
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 218 pages, plus advertisements. 5"w x 7 1/2"h. Full green cloth boards with embossed decorations and gilt lettering on spine. With 29 b&w illustrations. "The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana is an 1871 novel by the American author Edward Eggleston. The novel originated from a series of stories written for Hearth and Home, a periodical edited by Eggleston, and was based on the experiences of his brother, George Cary Eggleston, who had been a schoolteacher in Indiana. The novel is noted for its realistic depictions of 19th-century American rural life and for its use of local dialect."
11 parts, 8vo., original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean run. Sold from an institution with its annotations on front wrappers and cancelled bookplates on front inside wrappers. The run comprises nos. 4 (Dec 1954), 5 (Dec 1955), 6 (Dec 1956), 7 (Jan 1958), 8 (Jan 1959), 9 (Jan 1960), 10 (Jan 1961), 11 (Jan 1962), 13 (Jan 1964), 14 (Jan 1965) and 15 (Jan 1966). Runs of this publication are to say the least uncommon.
518p. Illustrations. 8vo. Original linen cloth binding. Fascinating text and illustrations. Already a classic. Issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. New Series. Volume 6. See Also PGS95. PA GER SOC. BOX 6 x2
pp. 33-166. Illustrations. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Includes also: Buffington. HERBERT MEYER: An Early Pennsylvania German Poet. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XIX. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text, free endpapers very lightly spotted; orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, orange top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter wanting majority of backstrip (label partly preserved) and mildly frayed at edges. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Loosely inserted is a note from the recipient containing the author's address in Penrith. PRESENTATION COPIES ARE SCARCE.
