The Oxford history of English
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 485; illustrations; original boards in dust jacket, near fine. 14 academic papers arranged by chronological subject. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 485; illustrations; original boards in dust jacket, near fine. 14 academic papers arranged by chronological subject. More
Madison and Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 280; light wear to extremities, else very good in pictorial dustjacket with a number of small tears along top and bottom edges. More
Melbourne: Vietnamese Language & Culture Publications, 1994. First edition, 8vo, pp. 269; original blue pictorial wrappers, some shelf wear, small tear at bottom of spine, a few pages creased, else a very good copy. More
Tokyo: Nihon Kōtsū Kōsha Shuppan Jigyōkyoku, 1979. 11" x 8.25", 122 arial photos of Tokyo in color, perfect bound in pictorial paper covers; text in Japanese; lightly age toned, otherwise fine. An image of Tokyo in the midst of its economic hayday. More
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1992. Edition limited to 315 copies, of which this is the unnumbered binder's copy of Greg Campbell, Campbell-Logan Bindery; 8vo, pp. xii, 77, [1]; title page printed in red and black, wood-engraved vignette on title page, wood-engraved illustrations throughout, several full-page; original quarter red cloth over DePol..... More
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1992. Edition limited to 315 copies (this, no. 292), 8vo, pp. xii, 77, [1]; title page printed in red and black, wood-engraved vignette on title page, wood-engraved illustrations throughout, several full-page; original quarter red cloth over DePol pattern paper over boards, paper spine label; without the slipcase..... More
New York: [publisher not identified], 1819. 6 issues, 8vo, each individually removed from binding; continuously paginated to p. 384; occasional text illustrations; last 2 leaves of the last issue nibbled in the margins with some minor loss to the index; all else good and sound, or better. A journal of..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [1986]. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 826; [6], [827]-1450; facsimiles; fine in original tan cloth stamped in black and white. More
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1919. Large, thick 8vo, pp. viii, 455; text printed in double columns, tables and charts in text; original blue cloth (some soiling), upper cover and spine stamped in white, drab paper endpapers; spine browned, edges and corners a bit rubbed; joints weak, else interior very..... More
Kyoto: Kyoto Daigaku Humanities Department, 1983. 8vo, pp. [2], v, [7], 706, [6]; text in Japanese with table of contents in English; green cloth boards, fine in near fine slipcase. With chapters by Yukio Yamane, Susumu Fuma, Masao Mori, et al. More
[Auckland]: Heinemann Educational Books, [1979]. First edition, 12mo, pp. ix, [1], 1339; very good in original green cloth and slightly worn dust-wrapper. The first New Zealand dictionary to blend the headwords, phrases, meanings, and pronunciations which are part of the New Zealand idiom into the international corpus of words rather..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, 1967. 4to, pp. x, [2], 362; frontispiece, and lithographic illustrations throughout by Lynd Ward; fine in quarter blue cloth over paper-covered marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, publisher's slipcase (very lightly scuffed at top edge), The Heritage Club monthly newsletter laid in. Selections from Jefferson's..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1924. Reprint, 12mo, pp. [12], 279, [1]; two-tone title page vignette; contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt spine in 6 compartments, t.e.g., marbled endpapers; joints cracked, rear cover nearly separated, edges a touch scuffed; textblock fine. Originally published in 1897..... More
Washington [D.C.]: Henry M. Parkhurst, 1853. 16mo (6.5" x 4.5") consisting of bound issues from year IV, no. 11 to year V, no. 34 of The Plowshare, two issues of The Cosmopolitan, and year V, no. 16 to year VI, no. 30 of The American Reporter, as issued. Pp. [4]..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1964. 12mo, pp. xii, 196; original stiff white wrappers (a bit soiled), edges toned, 2 small stains to textblock fore-edge, else very good. "A Dutton Paperback." More
London: The Scholartis Press, 1927. 8vo, pp. 250, [1]; original half red cloth over marbled boards, red-lettered spine, top edge green; edges and first and last few leaves quite foxed, else fine. More
London: E. Moxon, 1870. Thick 8vo, [82] & 586pp. plus ads, genealogical tables at the front; front hinge cracked, else good or better in orig. red cloth, blue label lettered in gilt; ex-MHS. More
Salt Lake City: Porte Publishing, [c1923]. First edition (and so noted on title page), 12mo, pp. [4], iii, [1], 283, [1]; a few illustrations in the text; very good in original brown leatherette stamped in blind and green on front cover and spine; very light wear to extremities. More
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1997. 2 volumes, 8vo; frontispieces and facsimile illustrations throughout; fine. Includes biblographies of his work and index. More
New York: Lakeside Publishing Company, 1928. First edition, 4to, pp. 128; illustrations throughout; original brown cloth over brown printed boards (some soiling); interior fine. History ranges from the 16th to the 20th century. More
London: X-ASITY, 1989. 16mo, pp. 336; text illustrations; red printed paper wrappers; corners of upper wrapper a little worn, near fine. A compilation of 100 articles from the U. S. press between Oct. 1961 and April 1966 about Bob Dylan, with index. No copies in OCLC. More
Baton Rouge: the Friends of the LSU Library, 1987. First edition, 4to, pp. xvi, 280; original turquoise cloth stamped in silver; fine. Preface by Kathryn Morgan. Introductory essay on natural history illustration by David M. Lank. More
Uppsala: Norna-förlaget, 1993. 8vo, pp. 176; text in Swedish with English summaries; printed paper wrappers; textblock clocked, but clean and sound, near fine. Norna-Rapporter 51. A result of a symposium on the theme of "Personal names in Old Scandinavian and other Old Germanic languages." More
[Minneapolis]: privately printed, 1928. Edition limited to 300 copies printed by Carl Purrington Rollins at the Yale University Press, signed by Phelps on the colophon; 8vo, pp. [8], 169, [1]; very good copy in orig. black cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering on spine. The Upson Room, at the University of Minnesota..... More
Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2004. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. viii, 43; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece; original cream wrappers printed in red and black; fine. Uomini e Dottrine no. 41. Laid in autograph note signed by the editor concerning the death of his father. More