A DICTIONARY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT DIALECT
1886
Scarce presentation copy of the first edition, subscribers' issue, of the lore, language and song of the Isle of Wight.
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PASSING ENGLISH OF THE VICTORIAN ERA: A Dictionary of Heterodox English, Slang, and Phrase
[1909]
First edition of this lively compilation of local, seasonal, and fashionable "fugitive language" spoken by Victorians.
A DICTIONARY OF THE SUSSEX DIALECT: And Collection of Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex
1875
Presentation copy "from the author" of the second edition of this guide to the distinctive dialect of Sussex, from the library of a noted Sussex horticulturalist.
A Study in the Warwickshire Dialect
1900
Scarce expanded edition of Morgan's analysis of Shakespeare's linguistic influences.
AFFIXES IN THEIR ORIGIN AND APPLICATION, EXHIBITING THE ETYMOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH WORDS
1865
Scarce first edition of this etymological textbook of English affixes.
FORGOTTEN MEANINGS
1886
Scarce first edition of this pocket volume of etymological explanations and suppositions.
A DICTIONARY OF SLANG, JARGON & CANT
1897
First trade edition of this captivating slang dictionary of the late Victorian era, revised from the limited subscribers' edition in 1889.
ARGOT AND SLANG: A New French and English Dictionary
1911
Handsomely rebound Edwardian edition of this invaluable 19th century dictionary of French slang, defined in English.
THE DIALECT OF CRAVEN, IN THE WEST-RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK, WITH A COPIOUS GLOSSARY
1828
Second enlarged edition of this dialect and glossary of the Deanery of Craven, by a native of that region and champion of its linguistic features.
THE DIALECT OF THE ENGLISH GYPSIES
1875
Second edition of this monograph on Anglo-Romani, with bibliography, grammar, vocabulary, and selected texts and transcriptions.
A DICTIONARY OF ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORDS
1901
Handsome later edition of this fascinating historical reference.
AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS
1876
First and only printing of this rare pamphlet of selected Americanisms, compiled by an English visitor to the United States.
POOR FOLK
1894
First edition in English of Dostoyevsky's first book (and the first translation of any of his novels into English), in beautifully sinister pictorial cloth designed by Aubrey Beardsley.
BIERCE AND THE POE HOAX
1934
Limited printing of Hall's exploration of Ambrose Bierce's valiant attempt to perpetrate a literary hoax, for fun.
A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE
1796 [but circa 1810]
Third edition, later issue, of Grose's classic slang dictionary of 18th-century colloquial and ungentlemanly nouns and verbs.
EARTH
(1954)
First edition thus, the first English appearance of Zola's 1887 novel LA TERRE since Henry Vizetelly's 1888 translation that led to his imprisonment for obscenity.
HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES
1856
First edition in book form of the first of Baudelaire's highly influential French translations of Edgar Allan Poe.
PEG WOFFINGTON
1899
Limited deluxe issue of the Thomson edition, illustrating the popular historical novel about the Irish actress from the Georgian era, one of 200 large-paper copies on handmade paper.
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