A dictionary of the Kentish dialect and provincialisms in use in the county of Kent.
William Douglas Parish (1833-1904)
Category
Books
Date
1888
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3188314
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv, 194, [2] p. ; 23 cm. Pencil manuscript price on cover: 4/-. Pencil annotation and text marking. Rear endpaper ink manuscrpt: "Words to use. Ellinge". Loosely inserted items: 1. (p.41) loose leaf cuttings from Word-lore : Kentish rhymes and phrases, collected by H. Smetham, pp. 42-44. 2. (p.51) News cutting correspondence relating to word "Ellinge", includes letter from V. Sackville-West, attached to Durrant's Press Cuttings slip, dated: 11 Mar 1945. Signed autograph letter from Edward P. Smith, M.P. to Vita Sackville-West on the subject; House of Commons blind stamp & Rysings, Stone-in-Oxney, Nr. Tenterden; dated 19th March 1945. Two signed autograph letters from Doris Baum addressed "Dear Sir" and "Dear Madam", re "Ellinge"; latter dated: 22.3.45. 3. (p.167) Slip with sale catalogue entry for this item affixed. Provenance: pastedown inscribed "V.S-W. / Sissinghurst" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]. Binding: publisher's paper covers.
Makers and roles
William Douglas Parish (1833-1904) William Francis Shaw (1839-1904)