The Historical Study of the Mother Tongue: An Introduction to the Philological Method

First edition, first impression.  x, 412pp,  Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering front and spine.  8vo.  Cloth is worn, a little rounded on corners and rubbed and rounded at ends of a lightly sunned spine.  Text block edges a little toned, and lightly spotted on endpapers and first and last few pages.  Indentation on front free endpaper. An  early 20th century introduction to the study of the English language by then prominent philologist Henry Cecil Wyld.  It examines the development of English from its earliest origins, covering sounds and the development of spelling and grammatical usage.