By Sidney Oldall Addy
London   English Dialect Society
9" by 6" lxxx, 331, 66pp
A signed, first edition copy of this dictionary on the colloquialisms used in Sheffield. With marginal notes from the author.
By Sidney Oldall Addy

1888 A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield

London   English Dialect Society
9" by 6" lxxx, 331, 66pp
A signed, first edition copy of this dictionary on the colloquialisms used in Sheffield. With marginal notes from the author.
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Fine Binding

Signed to half-title 'To R E Leader Esq with the Author's Kind Regards'. The author's letter addressed to Leader to the rear of the work.

With the supplement to the Sheffield Glossary bound in to the rear, with original wraps.

Prior owner's notations to the margins of the work. 

Beautifully bound in a quarter morocco binding, with paper covered boards. 

A fascinating dictionary on this local dialect.

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In a quarter morocco binding with paper covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Author's inscription to half-title. Letter tipped in to the final leaf from the author. Pages are bright and clean.

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