[Rarebooks] FS. Wright's Dialect Dictionary - Hand Made Paper Signed Limited Edition.

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WRIGHT, Joseph The English Dialect Dictionary; Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Humdred years. Founded on the Publications of the English Dialect Society and on a Large Amount of Material Never Before Printed.  Henry Frowde, 1896 - 1905.    [24693] 

Large 4to. 6 volumes in the 37 original parts issued in 18. THE UNCOMMON HAND-MADE PAPER EDITION [except part 6]. This hand made paper edcition was limited to 150 copies, each part numbered and signed by the author.

Part I. A to Ballot. No 94 of 150 copies. Original wrappers soiled and chipped, binding separateing but holding.

Part II. Ballow - Blare. No 94 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped.

Part III .Blare - Caddle. No 15 of 150 copies. Original wrappers.

Part IV. Caddle - Chuck. No 94 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped.

Part V. Chuck - Cyut Completing Volume I. No 94 of 150 copies. Original wrappers.

Part VI. Da - Dinner. Not the hand-made paper edition and not signed, but externally identical in appearance. Original wrappers.

Part VII. Dinnick - Ezob. No 94 of 150 copies. Original wrappers.

Part VIII.. Fa - Fly-by-sky. No 15 of 150 copies. Original wrappers.

Parts IX and X. Flyer - Gyver Completing Volume II. No 15 of 150 copies. Original wrappers, front wrapper detached.

Parts XI and XII. Ha - Jinketing. No 15 of 150 copies. Original wrappers.

Parts XIII and XIV. Jinkie - Lyven. Completing Volume III. No 15 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped.

Parts XV and XVI. Ma - On. No 7 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped.

Parts XVII and XVIII. On - Qwyte. Completing Volume IV. No 7 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped.

Parts XIX and XX. R - Sharp. No 7 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped.

Parts XXI - XXIII. Sharpen - Syzzie. Completing Volume V. No 7 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped. Rear wrapper loose.

Part XXIV. T - Tommy. No 7 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped.

Parts XXV - XXVIII. Tommy - Zwodder. The Supplement and Bibliography. No 15 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped. Rear wrapper loose.

Part XXIX - XXX. The English Dialect Grammar Completing the Work. No 15 of 150 copies. Original wrappers just a little chipped. 

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