Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 200; 8 tables and figures in the text; a near fine copy in the dust jacket. Bookplate and ownership signature of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. Ten essays on English dictionaries, from the OED to..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1912]. First edition, large 8vo, pp. x, 446; handsomely and expertly recased in dark green cloth, gilt-titled portion of original spine laid down; barely noticeable scuffing and wear to binding and a few light smudges to prelims, otherwise a very good to near fine--and firmly..... More
New York: N.Y.P.L., 1939. First edition, wrapper issue; 8vo, pp. vi, [2], 180; very good in original printed wrappers. Approximately 2000 annotated entries, with collations, extensively indexed. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, [4], 347, [2]; with Scribner's presentation copy bookplate, a very good, sound copy in original brown cloth. 100 year history of publishing, based on the Scribner archive. Designed by T.M. Cleland. More
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. 8vo, pp. xii, 411; with additional notes by Richard Grant White; t.e.g., shaken, extremities lightly rubbed and worn, corners bumped, cloth buckling, else very good in original brown cloth with paper label on spine. More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Best edition, this issue limited to 250 copies for America (this, no. 44); with the added memoir of Burton by his wife, an index, and with corrections supplied by the author shortly before his death; thick 8vo, pp. x, civ, 427, [1];..... More
Chicago: the Newberry Library, 1933. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, [2], 362, [2]; bookplate on front pastedown, near fine in original terra cota cloth, brown leather spine label stamped in gilt; 1794 items with concordance and indices. Laid in is Incunabula a special exhibition of fifteenth century books arranged by..... More
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, [1966]. First edition, 4to, pp. xxv, [1], 601; very good in slightly soiled dust jacket. Indexed. More
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, [1966]. First edition, 4to, pp. xxv, [1], 601; first half of text vertically creased, else very good in slightly soiled dust jacket. Indexed. More
Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1955. First edition; 8vo; pp. xxi, [1], 479; very good in original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. More
Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing Company, [1957]. Second edition, 8vo, pp. [2], vi, 162; text illustrations; a conversational instruction manual for basic book repair; original plaid cloth, fine. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company / A New York Graphic Society Book, [1986]. First American edition, 4to, pp. 280; illustrated throughout, much in color; fine copy in original dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. From the library of Kim Merker with his ownership signature dated February 1989 on front free endpaper..... More
Madrid: 1850. Folio, pp. 8; fine. A list of the prints in the museum. OCLC locates only an 1857 edition. More
New York: John Day Company, 1927. First edition; 4to; pp. [6], 8, [2] plus 25 plates printed recto/verso. Very good in contemporary black cloth over green paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt on spine. More
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1979. First edition, 4to, pp. 129; color and black & white illustrations, essays by Jean Gunner, Bernard Middleton & Marianne Titcombe; fine in pictorial boards, gilt-lettered spine. More
Columbus, Ohio: Long's College Book Company, 1953. Third edition; 8vo; pp. [8]; 601; [33]; facsimiles reproductions printed recto/verso on 16 pages. Good or better in original scuffed gray cloth. More
Columbus, OH: Long's College Book Company, 1953. Third edition; 8vo; pp. [8]; 601; [33]; facsimile reproductions printed recto/verso on 16 plates. Extremities lightly worn and spine a bit frayed, else good or better in original gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine. More
Minneapolis: Campbell-Logan Bindery, 1985. Edition limited to 250 copies, 8vo, pp. [26]; 6 wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec printed in sepia; quarter goat over boards, gilt-lettered spine; fine. Printed by Gerald Lange at the Bieler Press in Centaur and italic Arrighi type composed by Mackenzie-Harris, San Francisco, and printed on..... More
Norman: Univesity of Oklahoma Press, [1955]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 287, [2]; original blue cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in white; ex-library with the usual markings, a checkout pocket affixed to the rear pastedown and date due slip affixed to rear free endpaper. More
Minneapolis: [Campbell-Logan Bindery], 1985. First trade edition, preceded by the limited edition of 250; 8vo, pp. [26]; 6 wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec printed in blue (in the limited edition they are printed in sepia); original gray printed wrappers with the Campbell-Logan device on cover printed in black and red;..... More
New York: H.W. Wilson, 1941. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 391; fine in original terra-cotta cloth, spine lettered in gilt. More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor. 1987. Edition ltd. to 300 copies, 8vo, pp. 130, [4]; title printed in red and black and within ornamental border; fine in original red cloth-backed boards, paper label on spine. From the library of Kim Merker. Whence gauffered edges. The first edition was published in 1763..... More
Oxfordshire, England: 1994. Folio, pp. [8]; printed in blue and black throughout; original blue pictorial wrappers printed in gray; fine. Order form laid in. Details on 14 titles issued 1983-1994. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Library, 1986. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 216; illustrated; fine in original taupe cloth gilt. More
Austin: University of Texas, [c1968]. First edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 274; frontispiece caricature and 24 plates; very good in dust jacket with a couple small nicks along top edge. An essential reference work. More
