Groot woordeboek Afrikaans-Engels / English-Afrikaans
Pretoria: J. L. Van Schaik, 1968. Tenth edition, 8vo, pp. 1340; text in two columns; green cloth gilt; light bumping and edgewear, text clean and sound, very good. More
New Arrivals
J. Johnson, Typ. oddments from his Typographia, or the printers' instructor with an original leaf therefrom
La Crosse: Sumac Press, 1967. 12mo, pp. [24]; vignette title page and text illustrations; specimen leaf tipped in; yellow cloth printed in black, small stain to upper cover, else fine. "This slim 'leaf book' samples Johnson's Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor, two volumes, 1824, and admires the industry of the..... More
Druids and druidism, a list of references
New York: New York Public Library, 1920. 8vo, pp. 16; ex-library, bound in boards backed in black buckram, library stamps on a few pages, text otherwise clean and sound, very good. Originally printed in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library. More
English-Croatian or Serbian dictionary / Englesko-Hrvatski ili srpski rjecnik
Zagreb: Zora, 1977. Thick 8vo, pp. xxi, [3], 1467, [1]; text in double column, full red cloth gilt; light sunning the boards, text clean and sound, very good. More
The South Sea whaler, an annotated bibliography
Sharon, MA: The Kendall Whaling Museum, 1985. 8vo, pp. ix, [7], 157, [3]; frontispiece and map endpapers; full gray cloth; previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, else fine. More
New complete Russian-English dictionary (new orthography)
New York: G. E. Stechert & Company, 1942. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xiv, 1016; lexicon in double column; together with: Segal, Louis, New complete English-Russian Dictionary. New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1948. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xviii, 1111, [3]; both volumes in original red cloth, gilt-stamped spines; spines..... More
Dictionary for the antiquarian booktrade in French, English, German, Swedish, Danish, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. Dictionnaire a l'usage de la librairie ancienne...
Paris: [International League of Antiquarian Booksellers], 1956. First edition, tall 8vo, pp. 190; text in 8 columns over double-page spread; full red cloth; boards a touch bowed and sunned, text clean, some shadowing on endpapers, a very good copy. The first dictionary of its kind and a booksellers' staple. More
Harrap's standard French and English dictionary ... with supplement (1961)
London, Toronto, et al. George G. Harrap and Company, [1963]. 2 volumes, 4to, pp. xvi, 912, 85, [1]; viii, 940, 31, [1]; lexicon in double column; previous owner's bookplate; both volumes in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines; volume I slightly faded and in a torn dust jacket with pieces missing..... More
A Turkish and English lexicon shewing in English the signification of Turkish terms
Constantinople: printed for the American Mission by A. H Boyajian, 1890. First edition, large thick 8vo, pp. [2], viii, 2224; lexicon in double column; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; ex-James J. Hill Library, St. Paul, with stamps and accession numbers on spine; front hinge cracked, and extremities a little rubbed;..... More
Webster's dictionary of quotations: a book of ready reference for all familiar words and phrases in the English language
New York: R. Worthington, n.d., [ca. 1880s]. 8vo, pp. 295, [1], [18] ads for Ward, Lock & Co. (London); original green cloth; spine stamped in gilt and black; hinges cracked, else very good. More
Pamulong pulong sa pagbaton sang palañgaku-an sang Iyang' Kamahalan Jose P. Laurel, Pañgulo sang Republika sang Pilipinas
[Manila: publisher not identified], 1943. 8vo, pp. 20; fine copy in original printed brown wrappers. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with small release stamp from the Newberry Library inside front cover. Inaugural address by Laurel, President of the Philippines 1943-45, in Hiligaynon (Ilongo), an Austronesian language spoken by the inhabitants of..... More
An English and Oordoo dictionary, in roman characters ... revised edition; improved and enlarged
Calcutta: printed for the author at the Baptist Mission Press, Circular Road, 1852-53. 2 volumes in 1 (English-Oordoo and Oordoo-English); 8vo, pp. [10], 332; [4], 256; lexicon in double column; original brown moire cloth, gilt-stamped spine; near fine, sound copy. With the bookplate of the Baptist Mission House, Furnival Street..... More
An English-Serbocroatian dictionary
[n.p.]: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1979. 8vo, pp. xlv, [3], 669, [1]; text in double column; full brown cloth, gilt title on cover and spine; old price tag on lower cover, text clean and sound, very good. More
Dansk-Engelsk ordbog
Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1954-56. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 936; [8], 906; lexicon in double column; call numbers on spines, small discreet library stamps; all else very good and sound in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines. More
A dictionary of the Maori language ... sixth edition, revised and augmented under the auspices of the Polynesian Society
Wellington: R. E. Owen, Government Printer, 1957. 8vo, pp. xxv, [1], 499, [5]; text in double column; full red cloth, gilt title on cover and spine; corners bumped, ex-library with call number on spine, perforated stamp on title page and checkout slip tipped in to free endpaper; very good. More
The Kościuszko Foundation dictionary: English-Polish, Polish-English
New York: The Kosciuszko Fountation, 1965-73. Third and fourth printings respectively, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xii, 1037, [1]; xii, 772; lexicon in double column; near fine and sound set in original green cloth, gilt-stamped spines. More
Harrap's shorter French and English dictionary ... with new supplement
London, Toronto, et al. George G. Harrap and Company, [1965]. 17th impression, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 688, 52, [2]; viii, 940, 31, [1]; lexicon in double column; previous owner's signature else a fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines, and near fine, unclipped dust jackets. Includes English-French and..... More
English-Albanian dictionary. Fjalor Anglischt-Shqip
[Rome: Tipografica Editrice Romana], 1969. 8vo, pp. text in double column, xi, [1], 627, [1]; full green cloth, gilt title on cover; pages starting to tone, a couple pencil marks in text, very good, dust jacket lightly sunned with a couple shallow closed tears. More
Dokładny słownik Polsko-Angielski i Angielsko-Polski
Chicago: Polish American Publishing Company, [c. 1900]. 8vo, pp. [4], 370; text in three columns; full brown cloth, gilt title on cover and spine; edges rubbed, spine creased, ex library with call number on spine and perforated stamp on title page; hinges cracked, text clean, good and sound. More
Pocket Bengali-English dictionary
Calcutta: New Bengali Press Private Ltd., 1958. New edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 696; text in double column; paper covered boards backed in white cloth; text clean and sound; dust jacket pasted on to boards by the flaps, with a couple closed tears and light wear and soling, very good. Includes..... More
The university English-Burmese dictionary
Rangoon: Hanthawaddy Press, 1951-58. 4to, pp. [8], 753, [2]; 754-1259, [2]; 8 parts bound in 2 volumes (A-R only); lexicon in triple column; worm track in the top margin of part 3, affecting text at the top of 10 leaves; all else very good in contemporary maroon cloth, gilt-stamped spines..... More
English-Latvian dictionary / Angliski-Latviska vardnica
[n.p.]: Gramatu Draugs, [c. 1950]. 8vo, pp. 606; text in double column, full red cloth gilt; spine sunned, ex-library with call number on spine, perforated stamp on title page, and blank withdraw slip tipped in to lower end paper; text clean and sound, good. Dravnieks' was the first English-Latvian dictionary..... More
Owen Jones. Design, ornament, architecture, and theory in an age of transition
New York: Rizzoli International, 2006. First edition, large 4to, pp. 275, [1]; profusely illustrated throughout, most in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
The enchantress. Emma, Lady Hamilton. The Jean Kislak collection ... With essays by Martyn Downer, Flora Fraser, Alex Kidson, Michael Nash, [and] Kate Williams
New York: The Grolier Club, 2011. 4to, pp. 135, [1]; illustrated throughout, much in color; pictoril endpapers; fine in original pictotrial wrappers. Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) "was an English maid, model, dancer and actress. She began her career in London's demi-monde, becoming the mistress of a series of wealthy men, culminating..... More
A story from 'The Piazza Tales' called The lightning-rod man
[Minneapolis]: Daedalus Press, 1982. Edition limited to 85 copies (this, no. 83) signed by the illustrator, Michael McCurdy; 8vo, pp. [10], 24, [6]; printed in red and black; 4 wood engravings by McCurdy; printed on DeWint and Whitby papers from Barcham Green; the covers a handmade paper collage over boards..... More
