Dublin: printer [sic] by Peter Hoey, 1780. First Dublin edition, 8vo in 4s, pp. v, [1], plus unpaginated lexicon and 3 pp. of publisher's advertisements in rear; one folding table; full contemporary calf recently rebacked, new maroon gilt morocco spine label; about fine. An anonymous compilation providing "full and particular..... More
Philadelphia: The Franklin Press, [ca. 1899]. Broadsheet prospectus, advertising the revised edition of The Mercantile Speller, with "Indispensable for perfect communication in English" written in German, French and Spanish, two specimen pages on verso and index distinguishing homonyms; old folds, touch of soiling, near fine. Not found in OCLC... More
London: printed for J. & J. Robinson, 1790. 16mo, pp. [2], 295; lacks the frontispiece; contemporary calf, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine, bottom half-inch of spine chipped away, else good and sound. A pocket-size ready reference, with sections on Battles and Sea-fights, Laws and Courts of Justice, English Sovereigns..... More
Edinburgh: printed by Alexander Donaldson and John Reid. For A. Donaldson, and sold at his shop, 1763. 8vo, pp. iv, [5]-20, [880], including the final advertisement leaf; full contemporary calf, joints very neatly and almost imperceptibly reinforced; a very good, sound copy of a rare English dictionary. Early ownership signature..... 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
Springfield: G. & C. Merriam Company, [1978]. Large 8vo, pp. 663; text in double column; original cloth in white decorative price-clipped dust jacket; minor shelf wear; very good and sound. More
Springfield: G. & C. Merriam Company, [1968]. Large 8vo, pp. 663, [1]; text in double column; original cloth in blue and green dust jacket (some soiling); jacket worn with shallow chips and losses along edges, pages uniformly toned, else interior about fine. 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
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
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
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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: Russkii Yazyik, 1989. 8vo, pp. 610, [6]; text in Russian and Arabic; green cloth gilt; a few dogeared corners, else near fine. A Russian-Arabic phrase dictionary. 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
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
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Tokyo: Nihon Toshi Keikaku Gakkai, 1986. 8vo, pp. iii, [1], 509, [3]; black cloth; owner's signature on upper free endpaper, fine in lightly chipped green dust jacket; A Japanese - English - Japanese dictionary for city planning terms. More
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Tokyo & Yokohama: 1885. 16mo, 5" x 3 1/2" (125 x 87mm.), pp. [85], folded and interleaved in the Japanese manner, marbled edges, original printed paper-covered boards, title page printed in red; front hinge cracked, else very good. Enclosed in a Japanese cloth folding box. Contains a bilingual alphabet, tables..... More
Bruxelles: J. P. Meline, Libraire-editeur, 1835. Sixth edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xxxiii, [3], 989, [1]; [4],1049, [1]; text in triple columns; minor wear to extremities, else very good and sound in contemporary quarter mottled calf over marbled paper-covered boards, orange paper label on spine lettered in gilt. Bookplate of..... More
Bruxelles: Librairie Universelle de Rozez, 1851. First edition thus, 2 volumes, large thick 8vo, pp. [2], xxiv, 1152; 1244; lexicon in double column; contemporary calf-backed boards, green gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers; edges rubbed, Vol. I upper joint cracked in the middle, textblocks about fine; very good. OCLC does..... More
Nismes: chez Gaude Pere, Fils & Compagnie, 1777. 2 volumes, 4to, pp. [6], [iii]-vii, [1], 644; [4], 633, [1]; text in triple column; contemporary quarter calf over speckled paper-covered boards, gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments, red and green morocco labels in 2; top spine panel of both volumes cracked, that..... More
Venetia: Presso Iacopo Turrini, 1680. In quest' ultima edizione, folio, pp. [24], 940, [114]; †6 ††8 A-4H6 4I8 a-g6 h-i8; text primarily in double column, engraved printer's mark, vignette titles, engraved head-pieces and initials throughout, title page "Vocabolario" typeface printed from woodcuts; full contemporary calf, 19th-century spine and tips, black..... More
