Arncliffe, Thomas

A better spelling.

Wakefield: Eagle Press, 1942. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, yapped card covers, no inscriptions, spine uncreased but a little faded, page edges foxed, appears unused. 134 pages. Very Good.

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Book number: 64282

Catalogue: Language:: English

Keywords: Pronounciation Literacy Education

Baron, Joseph

A Lankisher Dickshonary.

Advance Press (Blackburn) Limited, 1907. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, spine and part of back cover sunned, cloth rubbed at corners, pages tanned, name and 2 addresses on front endpaper. 154 pages, photo frontispiece. Signed on limitations page, no. 25 of 1,000 copies. Good.

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Book number: 62195

Catalogue: Language:: English

Keywords: Dialect Northern England Folklore

Johnson, Dr Samuel

Johnson's Dictionary of the English language with a portrait to which are added a list of the Cities, Boroughs, and Market Towns, in England and Wales The days on which markets are held and how far distant from London in measured miles.

Shepherd and Sutton, 1834. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean small format (5½ x 3¾ inches) hardback bound in leather. Front board missing, remains of spine and title label, back board very worn and just about attached, name and date on front endpaper + name stamped on rear endpaper. 284 pages. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 68970

Catalogue: Language:: English

Keywords: Dictionaries Gazateer

Ozkirimli, Umut

Cancelled The Left way back from Woke.

Polity, 2023. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine uncreased, no inscriptions, appears unread. viii + 228 pages, notes, index. Fine.

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Book number: 69007

Catalogue: Language:: English

Keywords: Politics Racism Social Media

Pitman, Isaac

Pitman's phonographic phrase book.

Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1924. New edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles, cloth worn at corners, no inscriptions. 152 pages + 12pp adverts. 'New Era' edition, no printed date, but COPAC gives 1924. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 60652

Catalogue: Language:: English

Keywords: Phonography Speed writing Phonetics Shorthand writing

Walker, John

A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language: in which, not only the meaning of every word is clearly explained, and the sound of every syllable distinctly shown, but where words are subject to different pronunciations,.

H Fisher, Son, and Co. 1834. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback in worn black half leather with gilt titles on a red label, 4 raised bands, front board pulled, marbled endpapers, page fore edges marked, mark where label on front endpaper removed, pencil drawings and ink scribble on endpapers which has soaked through and made a hole in the frontispiece. 588 pages, appendix. No date or publisher (Fisher is printer) but frontispiece dated 1834. Fair.

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Book number: 68802

Catalogue: Language:: English

Keywords: English Language Speech and language Etymology Linguistics

Wyld, Henry Cecil

A history of modern colloquial English.

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1921. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth rubbed and bumped at corners, top spine end pulled, page edges foxed, some pencil lining in text otherwise no inscriptions. xvi + 416 pages, illustrations on plates, bibliography, index. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 63789

Catalogue: Language:: English

Keywords: English grammar Dialect