Old Lancashire Words and Folk Sayings - Parish of Saddleworth by Wrigley Ammon - 1940

Paperback. Very Good.

Independently published, 2019. Paperback. New. 86 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.22 inches.

Stalybridge : G. Whittaker &, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows shelf wear and minor tanning. Former owner's name on front page. Pages shows light tanning.

Oldham: W. E. Clegg. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Oldham: W. E. Clegg, 1920. First Edition. 8vo. 298pp. Original illustrated cloth stamped in black, lightly worn and soiled, owner's name, upper corner of one leaf creased, no dj. Few illustrations. Saddleworth is a civil parish in Oldham in greater Manchester, England, and includes several villages and hamlets as well as some suburbs of Oldham. It dates back farther than the Domesday Book and at one time was the center of cotton spinning and weaving.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages .

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 paper on which this is printed is rather browned and the staples somewhat rusted. There are some marks on the covers and the top corner of rear cover is worn. There is also a vertical crease where the pamphlet has been folded. Good++. A scarce item. REDUCED POSTAGE ON 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. Very Good in Near Very Good attractive pictorial dust wrapper which has a few slight marks and is a little rubbed at extremities. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

GB: Taylor & Clifton, Excelsior Press, Uppermill, Saddleworth, 1925. Not dated but about 1925. Names of owners at front of book. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. VG/No DW.

GB: Taylor & Clifton, Excelsior Press, Uppermill, Saddleworth, 1925. Not dated but about 1925. Names of owners at front of book. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. VG/No DW.

Alfred Jurb & Son, Ltd., 1916. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1916. No Edition Remarks. 399 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Dents to rear board. Wear marks overall.

GB: George Kelsall (Littleborough), 1979. Pictorial paperback. 96 pages. Rubbed patch at bottom left of front cover and slight mark verso. Titel page cl;ipped. Else Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Paperback. VG-.