Sketches of Lancashire Lie and Localities, Edwin Waugh — 1st Edition

£19.99

Sketches of Lancashire Lie and Localities, Edwin Waugh — 1st Edition

Name: Sketches of Lancashire Lie and Localities, Edwin Waugh — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4161
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Publication: London, Whittaker and Co.; Manchester, James Galt and Co., 1855

Formatting: 8vo, pp. viii, 260.

Condition Report: Good. The book is bound in its original blue cloth featuring elaborate blind-stamped panels, which remain structurally sound but display characteristic shelf-wear. The spine cloth has darkened over time, and the head and tail of the spine exhibit distinct chipping and minor cloth loss. The boards show general rubbing, and the corners are bumped, occasionally exposing slight traces of the underlying board. However, the gilt titling on the spine retains a fair degree of its original brightness and legibility despite the darkening. Internally, the binding holds firm without severe cracking, and the plain endpapers and title page are remarkably clean with only a hint of natural age-toning and no significant foxing, presenting a very readable and handsome copy.

Catalogue Note: Unillustrated 1855 first edition of Edwin Waugh's foundational regional work. The provenance features a standard ownership bookplate for a "William E. Hodgkinson" affixed to the front pastedown, alongside a small, neat ink stamp from the renowned academic bookseller "B.H. Blackwell Ltd., Oxford". There is an additional, partially legible penciled ownership signature to the front free endpaper.

Original mid-19th-century cloth editions of Waugh's early prose can be difficult to source on the open market, particularly those that have retained their original publisher's blind-stamped boards without undergoing modern rebinding or restoration.

A cornerstone of 19th-century regional literature, Edwin Waugh’s Sketches of Lancashire Life and Localities offers a rich, vernacular glimpse into the lives of Northern England's working classes. Often celebrated as the "Lancashire Burns," Waugh masterfully captures the local dialect, folklore, and rural character of the region just before heavy industrialization transformed the landscape entirely. This collection of prose is an essential cultural artifact for any collector of regional British topography, working-class history, or dialect literature.

Book Condition: Good

Book Authors: Edwin Waugh

Book Publisher: Whittaker and Co. / James Galt and Co.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 260

Book Publication Year: 1855

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London and Manchester, United Kingdom

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