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
Naples: Giuseppe Ponzelli, 1746-48. 6 volumes, folio, text primarily in double column, engraved vignette titles, engraved head-pieces and initials throughout; full contemporary cat's-paw calf, triple gilt rules on covers, gilt-decorated spines in 7 compartments, red morocco labels in 2; skillful small repairs to several joints and spine tips, otherwise a...... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1959. 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 199, [1]; text in double column, full brown buckram, gilt title on upper cover, text clean and sound, light rubbing to gilt, near fine. More
[New York]: Oxford University Press, 2003. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 308; a fine copy in cloth backed boards, pictorial dust jacket. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1944. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, 182; beige cloth, pictorial dust jacket; rear hinge starting, extremities darkened at edges, jacket worn, chipped & price-clipped, overall a good copy. More
London: John Russell Smith, 1842. First edition, 16mo, pp. [12], 60; original green cloth, printed paper label on upper cover; small accession mark at the bottom of the front cover and spine; all else very good. Kennedy 11095; Vancil, p. 5. More
Bassano: Ioseph Remondini et fils, 1811. 2 volumes, 4to, pp. [iii]-xvi, 787; xx, 724; ; lexicon in triple column; some foxing, but generally a very good, solid copy in contemporary full vellum, gilt borders on covers, red and green morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines, edges stained yellow. A nice copy..... More
Bassano: Ioseph Remondini et fils, 1811. 2 volumes, 4to, pp. [iii]-xvi, 787; xx, 724; ; lexicon in triple column; contemporary three-quarter vellum over blue paper-covered boards, black gilt morocco spine labels (some chipping); boards and spine somewhat darkened, else a very good, sound set. Later (1884) bookplate of Hugh [Grosvenor]..... More
Londini: pro Societate Stationariorum impressum, 1802. 8vo, pp. [4], 667, [1]; recent quarter brown morocco; title-page guarded else a very good, clean copy. First published in the early 17th century (the first listed in OCLC is 1602 which is described as a second edition) Gradus ad Parnassum (A Step to..... More
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Sold by them and the other booksellers in Boston: by I. Thomas, in Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, in Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, in Baltimore, 1800. First and only edition, square 8vo, pp. iv, [5]-556 [i.e. 552 - pages..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1991]. First edition, 4to, pp. 257; fine in original grey cloth in near fine dust jacket. More
New York: New York University Press, 1989. Third edition, 1991 reprint, 8vo, pp. 423; text printed in double columns; original boards in green dust jacket, near fine. More
Washington, D.C. NASA, 1965. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi-[xii], 314; folding chart; very good in original gray cloth, blue lettering on spine. More
Burlington, N.J. printed by John S. Meehan, 1815. First edition, 12mo, 16 & unpaginated lexicon in double column, a nice copy in full original sheep, wavy blindstamped fillets on spine. This copy with an early inscription: "This book is the property of Niram Pruden bought July 4th 1820 price 8¢."..... More
Burlington, N.J. printed by John S. Meehan, 1815. First edition, 12mo, 16 & unpaginated lexicon in double column, original full mottled calf, black morocco label on spine; lightly foxed, front joint cracked, cords holding; all else very good and the binding structure is sound. Bookplate of Robert Leaming Montgomery. Montgomery..... More
New York: Wm. L. Allison, 1888. Seventh edition, 16m, pp. 384; illustrations throughout; original tan cloth, black lettering and decorative border; hinges week, pages brittle and uniformly toned; a good copy. Cover and spine title: "Allison's Webster's Dictionary" More
Otley: published for the author by Smith Settle, 2005. First edition limited to 500 copies, 2 volumes, 4to, fine in original blue cloth, gilt. The second volume consists of facsimiles. One of the more useful of the later volumes. The entire work 21 volumes in 40, including supplements and the..... More
Bradford: Ernest Cummins, [1967]. First edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xx, 311; numerous facsimiles; very good, sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt. Volume two in the compiler's great "Bibliography of the English Language ... to the year 1800." More
New York: American Petroleum Institute, Division of Refining, 1953. First edition, 4to, pp. [6], 188; small area of water staining at lower spine end also affecting lower gutter edges of textblock, the spine lightly faded, but overall still very good in original pebble-grained red cloth lettered in gilt on front..... More
New York: American Petroleum Institute, Division of Refining, 1953. First edition, 4to, pp. iv, [2], 188; original red printed wrappers; ex-Franklin Institute Library with usual markings and their gift bookplate, spine head pulled, small loss at bottom fore-edge corner of upper cover, interior about fine. With an appendix showing the..... More
New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, [1991]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 1134; lexicon in doiuble column, previous owner's signature on front fre endpaper, else a fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. More
Moscow: Russkii Yazik, 1979. 8vo, pp. 542, [2]; text in two columns, black cloth boards gilt; paper toning a little, slightly musty, very good. More
Delhi, Varanasi, Patna: Motilal Banarsidass, [1965]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8, 664; text in double and triple column; precious owner's inscription, else a very good, sound copy n original terracotta cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine. More
[Valletta, Malta]: Royal University of Malta, 1972. First edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-liii, [1], 694; text a little toned else a near fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in black, slightly chipped dust jacket. More
