Prose Idyls of the West Riding

Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1907. Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Original grey cloth, lettered in dark brown. Spine a little darkened and rubbed on tips, cloth split along rear of spine.binding good, foxing on prelims and fore-edges, otherwise good. Thirteen short stories: T'Cock-Foight, A Wife's Confession, A Ray of Light, The Last Hope, T' Play-Actress, Little Mr Great-Heart, T' Redemption of a Soul, A Friend in Disguise, The Singer of a Summer's Night, T' Wife Bazaar, A Wayside Sacrament, T' Bond o' Hell, T' Woman's Devotion. This book is ex libris from the library of Dr Arthur Raistrick and he offers an observation on th quality of the dialect used, and has made a few marginal notes relating to it in the first few pages.the remainder of the book is unmarked.