Walter Emsley — Lancashire Dialect and Other Poems Suitable for Recitation

Manchester; London , John Heywood Ltd. c1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this charming poetry collection about Lancashire life, written in the Lancashire dialect. A scarce first edition. Signed by the author to the front paste-down. In the original full cloth binding with gilt lettering. With a self portrait frontispiece, sketched by the author. This simple and homely collection of poems intimately describes cottage life in Lancashire, and is written in the dialect they spoke. With a prefatory note by Walter Butterworth. Walter Emsley was a poet and artist, best known for his watercolour paintings of Manchester and the surrounding areas. Bookseller's label to the front paste-down. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the extremities and some light bumping to the spine. Light marks to the boards and age-toning to the edges. Author's ink signature to the front paste down. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some age-toning to the edges and the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .