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Notes, typescript and galley proofs of the 'Dictionary of modern colloquial French' by Edwin A. Lovatt
Lovatt, Edwin A (1944-)
198-?
Also known as:Dictionary of modern colloquial French
Poems and prose works, by Benjamin Preston
Preston, Benjamin (1819-1902)
c.1875-1902
Includes news-cuttings and other printed material by and about Benjamin Preston, including obituary notices
Dialect bibliography, by Frederic Madden
Madden, Frederic (1801-1873)
1839-1873
Comprises a copy of 'A Bibliographical list of the works that have been published, towards illustrating the provincial dialects of England' by John Russell Smith (London, 1839) annotated and interleav...
Yorkshire dialect poem
c.1844
Comprises a poem which begins: "A Tale Partly in the yorkshire Diealect/At a House on a Moor one night/Some Neighbours together did meet/A blasing Wood fire gave them light/And grouler laid quiet at t...
Collection of printed publicity material relating to John Hartley's publications in Yorkshire dialect, produced by W.Nicholson & Sons.
1903-1949
The material includes posters and flyers.
Dialect writings by Frederic William Moorman
Moorman, Frederic William (1872-1919)
c.1900-1920
Poems: (1) Nests (2 ff.); (2) The exile (2 ff.); (3) Blind (2 ff.); (4) The organ-grinder (2 ff.); (5) The organ-grinder [another version] (2 ff.); (6) [Untitled. Begins: "Within the city's precincts...
Five notebooks compiled by Charles Edward Gough, mainly on Germanic philology, 1903-1907
Gough, Charles Edward (1875-1957)
1903-1907
1. Ein Auszug aus der Formenlehre des Gotischen, Althochdeutschen, Mittelhochd., Altenglischen & Altsächischen (including a loose comparative table in pocket at end), 1903-4. 2. Old English phonolog...
A bibliography of Albert Hugh Smith, believed to have been compiled by Joseph William Scott
Scott, Joseph William
c.1967
Marked 'Festschrift'; perhaps originally intended for 'Early English and Norse studies presented to Hugh Smith'(1963), but not used
Poetical work of Joe Brook
Brook, Joe
1889-1933
Contains: (1) f.2. A short account of the author's life, by himself. On the verso is an index to the poems; (2) ff.3-178. Poems in the Halifax dialect, written between 1889 and 1933