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Tufts of Heather : Second Series
by Waugh, Edwin and Milner, George (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (+)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Manchester: John Heywood, 1890. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright navy cloth boards, very small mark to front, clear gilt lettering to front and spine, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Spine not faded or sunned 296pp. With two long and sixteen short stories of Edwin Waugh's Lancashire dialect sketches in this Second Series plus two drawings. Undated, ca 1890.. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/No Jacket. 8.75 x 5.25 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Godley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021574
- Title
- Tufts of Heather : Second Series
- Author
- Waugh, Edwin and Milner, George (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (+)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- John Heywood
- Place of Publication
- Manchester
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Lancashire Dialect, Stories, 19th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Fiction; Literature / Authors / Poetry; Language;
- Size
- 8.75 x 5.25 inches
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About the Seller
Godley Books
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Hyde, Cheshire
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