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Heslop, Rev. Oliver.
Northumberland Word. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Northumberland and on the Tyneside.
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. for The English Dialect Society, London;
Date of Publication: 1892
Stock Code: 10166
FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo, pp., xxxii, 309, [1]; [2], 14, 311-813, [1]. With English Dialect Society Sketch Map frontispice to Volume I and 14 pages of the English Dialect Society Seventeenth Report for 1890-92 to front of vol. II. Bound in contemporary midnight blue half calf and navy blue cloth over boards with gilt fillets parallel to edges; 5 raised spine bands, gilt frames in spine compartments, gilt spine titles; pale blue endpapers. Spine lightly sunned, some light scattered foxing throughout, mainly to prelims. A very good copy. A handsome example of the most comprehensive book on the Northumberland dialect. Predating modern standard English the Northumbrian dialect or ‘language’ is one of the four distinct dialects of Anglian Old English. Bound with pp. 44 bibliographical list (1896) at end. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £225.00