Ammon Wrigley from Delph Books

Oldham, Great Britain: W E Clegg, 1920. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good+. Small 8vo. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 298 pages. Poetry and prose, some in dialect. Preliminaries somewhat browned and very small rubber stamp together with name and address neatly written on front end paper. A good tight copy. In original blue/green attractive pictorial hard… Read more about this item

Uppermill, great Britain: R E Greenwood, 1992. Reprint . Buckram. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Houghton Hague and Author. This is a 1992 reprint of a 1916 original. 405 pages including list of subscribers. Well illustrated by John Houghton Hague and the author. The subtitle is " A Book of the Old Dalesfolk,… Read more about this item

Uppermill, Great Britain: Taylor & Clifton. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. 8vo. 224 pages. Poetry and prose, some in dialect. Good portrait of Ammon Wrigley by Sam Fitton as a frontispiece. In original handsome binding - paper covered decorative boards with tan cloth spine. Very Good+. An attractive… Read more about this item

London, Great Britain: Allen & Unwin, 1942. Second Impression . Buckram. Very Good/Near Very Good. Small 8vo. 2nd impression (1942). 126 pages. Poetry and prose, some in dialect, mainly related to Sadlleworth. In original blue buckram hard cover binding with dark blue titling. The covers are slightly faded at the very top and bottom edges - not serious.… Read more about this item

Rochdale, Great Britain: E. Wrigley & Sons Ltd, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 1st edition. 106 pages. 8 good black and white plates. This is a detailed autobiography of this gifted Saddleworth writer, artist and archaeologist who was at one time described as "an unschooled millworker" in national newspapers of the day. A fascinating account.… Read more about this item

Delph, Great Britain: The Author, 1908. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. Small 8vo. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 8 pages. This give some information on Saddleworth Church and then launches into a lengthy poem about the church. In original paper covers bearing a rather gloomy image of Saddleowrth Church by moonlight drawn by Ammon Wrigley himself. The… Read more about this item

Stalybridge, Great Britain: Geo Whittaker, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sam Fitton. 1st edition. 271 pages. Substantial book. 8vo. List of subscribers. Introduction by Ammon Wrigley. Mainly poetry with some prose, mostly in dialect. A good number of good illustrations by the author. A fine Lancashire book. In original… Read more about this item