Ammon Wrigley (54 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 224 p. ; 23 cm. A few scuffto covers o/w text clean unmarked and in very good condition. [Stories Anecdotes Characters Verse Dialect Literature Saddleworth Yorkshire] r1008 / m16356.

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Oldham: W. E. Clegg, 1920. First Edition. 8vo. 298pp. Original illustrated cloth stamped in black, lightly worn and soiled, owner's name, upper corner of one leaf creased, no dj. Few illustrations. Saddleworth is a civil parish in Oldham in greater Manchester, England, and includes several villages and hamlets as well as some suburbs of Oldham. It dates back farther than the Domesday Book and at one time was the center of cotton spinning and weaving.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages.…

hardcover. Condition: Fine. reprint. 8vo, 405 pp., Facsimile reprint of the original 1916 edition. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Illustrated (illustrator).

Condition: Good. 1937. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Lettering is clear. Slight wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Pages a little crumpled but still a good copy overall. Contents clean/binding tight. NO scribbles/inscriptions of any kind.

224 pp, portrait frontis. Original ¼ brown cloth, printed paper sides, 23 cm x 16.5 cm. Ex Library with usual evidence, pages age browned, small loss of colour to spine tips.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. 1st edition thus. 8vo. 95 pages. Contains further notes on occasions and local events in the Saddleworth area up to the present time. Illustrated with some good black and white photographic plates. Inscription on inside front cover. In original attractive pictorial brwon textured card covers. Near Fine. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 141 p. slight mark on front cover o/w clean copy in very good conditon. Limited edition, this is no.116] [England, north - Pennines - Mountains -poems - songs] r27 / m13737.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Slightly forward leaning. A few marks to the cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. No date but C1920s. 8vo. 224 pages. Poetry and prose, some in dialect. Good portrait of Ammon Wrigley by Sam Fitton as a frontispiece. In original handsome binding - paper covered decorative boards with tan cloth spine. Near Fine. An attractive item - very clean and unmarked. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ammon Wrigley, Saddleworth, 1941. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good, clean unmarked text. No-notations. Appears little read. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #AF019033.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 96 pages. Signed letter dated 12/4/41 loosely inserted together with postcard sized print of A.W. from a painting by Harry Rutherford. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. This is a 1992 reprint of a 1916 original. 405 pages including list of subscribers. Well illustrated by John Houghton Hague and the author. The subtitle is " A Book of the Old Dalesfolk, the Old Firesides and the Old Inn Corners of Bygone Saddleworth". Prose and poetry, some in dialect. In original sparkling dark green buckram gilt hard cover binding. Fine in Near Fine most attractive pictorial dust wrapper. A very substantial and most attractive book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK. John Houghton Hague and Author (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 288 pages including list of subscribers. 8vo. A substantial book of poetry and prose (mainly prose), much in dialect by this well-known Saddleworth author. Attractively illustrated with 17 images. Date and inscription on front end paper and different name and address on front pastedown. In original dark blue cloth gilt covers protected by transparent removable Mylar-type dust wrapper. The edges of the covers are a bit darkened otherwise Very Good++.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1912 edition. 326 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition. 8vo. 106 pages. 8 good black and white plates. This is a detailed autobiography of this gifted Saddleworth writer, artist and archaeologist who was at one time described as "an unschooled millworker" in national newspapers of the day. A fascinating account. In original bright green textured cloth hard cover binding with black titling. Very clean apart from one or two marks on the preliminaries. Overall condition Very Good+.…

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. Not dated but about 1925. Names of owners at front of book. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. Not dated but about 1925. Names of owners at front of book. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Geo Whittaker & Sons. Stalybridge, 1937.Book condition : Very good. A very clean copy. Appears little read. Superb photographs. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #AF019357.

No edition stated. 8vo, 224pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original brown cloth spine, paper-covered boards. Excellent condition.

Card Covers. Condition: Good. 56 pp. Prev owner's address label on inside front cover. Cover edges worn, small tears. The account of an old folks' festival held at Dobcross on August 28. 1845, listing the name, age and residence of 125 guests of 77 year of age and older (quite remarkable for those days). ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: VG-. Pictorial paperback. 96 pages. Rubbed patch at bottom left of front cover and slight mark verso. Titel page cl;ipped. Else Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 8vo. 16 pages. It is described as " A Short Chronological History of the Township from the Earliest Times". In original card covers with the rear cover chipped and faded but the front cover is very good. The spine has been neatly repaired with a strip of bookcloth. Still a Very Good copy of this scarce item. Includes a loosely inserted 4 page illustrated (by Ammon Wrigley) item. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good copy. Some general wear to boards. Some foxing to end papers, an attractive book plate to first inside board. Contents clean/bindiong tight.

Illustrated reminiscences. Hardback. Some heavy staining to spine. Original cloth worn at edges and slightly marked, internally a good working copy. xi + 288pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8vo, first edition, pp, 126, portrait frontispiece, navy titled blue cloth, unclipped pictorial dust jacket which is a bit worn with trifling loss, small name on the front free endpaper, fore-edge very mildly foxed.

1st. Edn. 298pp. Some tail pieces from sketches. In the original pale green pictorial cloth. Spine slightly faded. Cloth lifting slightly at bottom corner of front board, but no damp marking. New endpapers. Slight foxing of edges. This apart a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No date but 1920s, 224pp, illustrated, bound in brown cloth spine/grey boards sl sunned, inscr on endpapers to musician Sidney Partington . Nice condition; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo, xiv, 326pp, +10pp subscribers. Burgundy cloth binding with gilt text to spine and cover, minimal shelf wear, internally immaculate, no marks or inscriptions. Portrait and 27 illustrations chiefly by the author.