Visible language: the research journal concerned with all that is involved in our being literate. Vol. XV, no. 1
Cleveland: Visible Language, 1981. 8vo, pp. 120; tables, illustrations throughout; original orange printed wrappers, near fine. More
Cleveland: Visible Language, 1981. 8vo, pp. 120; tables, illustrations throughout; original orange printed wrappers, near fine. More
London: printed for F. and C. Rivington, G. and T. Wilkie, L.B. Seeley, and Goadby, Lerpiniere, and Langdon, 1797. First and apparently only edition, 8vo, pp. [2], iii, [1], [184]; lexicon in double column; contemporary calf boards recently rebacked, black gilt spine label; extremities rubbed. 19th century bookplates of William..... More
Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, 1765. First and only edition, 18mo in sixes, 96 leaves, [†]2 a-c6 d2 B-N6 O2; full modern calf, gilt-lettered spine in 6 compartments, marbled endpapers; hinges a bit rubbed, else near fine. A dictionary in the "hard words" tradition, omitting "the common words of the..... More
Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, and sold by Messieurs Dodd, Rivington, Longman, Richardson, Hawes and Co. Crowder, Robson, and Stuart, London, 1765. First and only edition, 18mo in sixes, 96 leaves, [pi]2 a-c6 d2 B-N6 O2; contemporary full mottled calf, neatly rebacked, old gilt-decorated spine and label laid down; nice..... More
Rochester, N.Y. H. H. Warner & Co., 1889. Narrow folio (approx. 11" x 6"), pp. 32; lexicon in triple column on versos, advertisements for Warner's products (quack medicines, syrups, balms, etc.) in double column on rectos; pages toned, wrappers loosening, all else good or better. Rochester, Indiana State, Rutgers, NLM..... More
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
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., 1946. 8vo, 764pp., text in double column, plates (some in color), illus. in text, useful appendices; good, sound copy in orig. blue cloth. From the title-page: ""This dictionary is not published by the original publishers of Webster's Dictionary or by their successors, and is in..... More
New York: Avenel Books, 1953. 8vo, pp. 192; original boards in green dust jacket; jacket extremities a bit shelf worn, pages uniformly toned; very good. More
Leiden: D. du Mortier en Zoon, 1844-48. 17 volumes, 8vo, original printed paper-covered boards, together with 6 annual supplements, and a Brief aan Dr. W.J.A. Jonckbloet [cover title] by Dr. M. de Vries, all uniformly bound in stiff printed paper wraps, several fold-out facsimiles of Old Dutch manuscripts, some spines..... More
London: John Crowther, [1942]. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 36; illustrated throughout; original pictorial wrappers starting to separate. More
New York: Dr. Williams Medicine Co., 1897. 8vo, pp. 32; original pictorial wrappers; vignette wood engravings throughout; very good. A promotional give-away from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.,touting various medicines for a variety of diseases, perceived or otherwise. The dictionary itself "contains over 10,000 words and definitions, carefully compiled from..... More
Philadelphia [etc.]: The John C. Winston Co., 1934-35. I. The "Primary Edition, with every word defined so that its meaning can be easily understood." II. "Intermediate Edition, with every word defined so that its use and meaning can be easily understood." III. "Advanced Edition." Edited by William Dodge Lewis, Edgard..... More
Caerfyrddin: J. Evans, 1816. 4to, 2 p.l., plus unpaginated text in double column; sectional title-page for the N.T.; contemporary full sheep, rubbed and worn, but sound, with front cover peeling from the corners; front cover with 3, back cover with 5 tiny brass bosses, moderate foxing, especially to the prelims..... More
Moscow: Nauka, 1970. 8vo, pp. 299, [1]; text in Russian; full green cloth; textblock toned but sound, ownership signature of George Smalley on endpaper, very good. On the history of verb tenses in Bulgarian. More
1986: Russkii Yazyk, 1986. 4to, 843, [3]; text in three columns, Latin to Russian; black cloth gilt; boards a little bowed, textblock clean and sound, very good. More
Niksic: Univerzitetska Rijec, 1989. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 269, [3]; text in Serbian; printed creme paper wrappers; a touch of wrinkling to the plastic film protecting wrappers, textblock clean and sound. Phonology of Serbo-Croatian. More
Moscow: Russkiy Yazik, 1977. 4to, pp. 966, [2]; text in three columns; brown cloth gilt; spine cocked, edges of pages starting to tone but otherwise clean and sound. More
Moscow: Sovetskaya Enciklopediya, 1972. 8vo, 2 vols., text in two columns; full green cloth printed in black and gilt; spines sunned, corners bumped, good and sound. More
[Jaffna: Press of the American Mission, 1835]. 12mo, pp. 12; text in Tamil in three columns, with vocabulary of increasing complexity; original paper wrappers, fine. One copy only in OCLC, in Germany. More
Tokyo: Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., 2004. First edition, large 8vo, pp. 237, [3]; text in Japanese, Chinese, and English; color illustrations throughout; red paper wrappers, fine in fine pictorial dust jacket; included CD present but not tested. Dongpa is a pictographic system used by the Naxi of Southern China. The book offers..... More
Tokyo and Osaka: Houbunkan, 1902-1903. 25 issues, complete, bound in two volumes; portraits of famous Westerners in each issue, green cloth, volume one with upper hinge split and spine separated, contents partially disbound, second volume with initial gathering loose, hinges split, but otherwise sound. A back section, likely a form..... More
[Hebei: Hebei Province Place Names Office], 1983. First printing, 7.25" x 5", pp. [4], 12, [4]; six folding maps, 20 plates; text in Chinese; blue paper wrappers, light soiling to covers, inscription on flyleaf, very good. Ji County is a district in Hengshui, Hebei Province, in Central Eastern China. This..... More
Tongan: Xiamen University Southern Fujian Dialect Dictionary Team and Tongan Education Bureau, 1978. 8vo, pp. 164; mimeo printed text in three columns, in Chinese with romanization, printed paper wrappers; paper toned and brittle, a little bumping to corners, still near fine. Together with: 同安农村扫盲小词典 (目录与索引) [= Short dictionary ... (contents..... More
Shanghai: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1933. Second edition, 12mo, pp. [2], iv, 8, xx, 286, 4, 76, [4]; original printed blue paper-covered boards rebacked in blue fabric, paper label on spine with manuscript titling; rubbed and worn, text toned, several leaves guarded; the binding is sound, the last leaf..... More
Tokyo: Monbusho Henshuukyoku, 1887. Fukurotoji, 8.25" x 6", 61 leaves, 27 illustrations; contemporary brown paper wrappers; some loss to front cover label but text intact; top paste down detached from covers, else very good. With a stamp from the Monbusho on title page. The fourth in a seven-volume series of..... More