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Auction No 419, Tag: Lancashire Dialect

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Ammon Wrigley softbacks including "Saddleworth Superstitions and Folk Customs", 1909 and "The Delph ‘Feight’ in Prose & Verse" c.1904,

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
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Ammon Wrigley softbacks including Saddleworth Superstitions and Folk Customs, 1909 and The Delph ‘Feight' in Prose & Verse c.1904, both signed by the author, and seven others; plus other softbacks & ephemera, some items unrelated. Fair to fine. Most with small ownership stamp. (19 items)  

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Ammon Wrigley selection including "Lancashire Idylls", 1942, in d/jkt; "Those Were the Days", 1937; "Saddleworth Chronological Notes", 1941;

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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Ammon Wrigley selection including Lancashire Idylls, 1942, in d/jkt; Those Were the Days, 1937; Saddleworth Chronological Notes, 1941; Songs of the Pennine Hills, 1938; Rakings Up, 1949; and various others, with many first editions, Those Were the Days signed by the author. Generally good to VG but Songs of a Moorland Parish, 1912, in poor condition. Ownership signatures and/or handstamps to front endpapers. (11

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G.R. Oakley "In Olden Days: Lancashire Legends", Rochdale, 1923; Ben Brierley "Ab-O’Th-Yate’s Dictionary", 1881, pictorial cloth;

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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G.R. Oakley In Olden Days: Lancashire Legends, Rochdale, 1923; Ben Brierley Ab-O'Th-Yate's Dictionary, 1881, pictorial cloth; and other Lancashire poetry & prose, 1880s/1930s. Mixed condition. Ownership stamps at front of each volume. (8)