Edward Chicken — The Collier&Apos;S Wedding

Newcastle, J. White and T. Saint, 1829. Paperback. A revised edition of a comical poem which contains one of the first written records of Geordie, very scarce in commerce. A new revised edition of The Collier's Wedding, a comical poem, written by the first Geordie poet Rev. Edward Chicken. Published in 1829, first written in 1720. Very scarce in commerce. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Telling the tale of a coal miner's wedding from the perspective of a city-dweller, Chicken portrays the miners as a 'rough' class but its irony also hints at their sincerity compared with the narrator. The poem is important for being among the first known written records of the Geordie dialect, with Tommy and Jenny speaking in the local tongue.  The poem also sheds light on the emerging industrialisation that is occuring across Britain in the eighteenth century. This edition contains a preface and an ode dedicated to Chicken written before the titular poem. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, slight browning to wraps. Front wrapper almost loose, held by one cord near head of spine. Wear to spine, with small chips to the head and the tail. A small crease to the top extremity of the front wrapper. Browning to end papers. Bookseller's stamp to front pastedown. Internally, first couple leaves before preface loosening with front wrap, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with slight browning to leaves and a couple of faint spots to the odd leaf. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .