London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. Fourth edition, 8vo, pp. xxv, [3], 612, 32 ads; orig. brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine; spine ends chipped, hinges starting; good and clean., worn and dented edges, else good. Extensive work, with sections on nicknames, surnames of occupation, surnames of office, patronymic surnames, etc...... More
Londres: Piestre y Delamolliere, 1786. Nueva edicion, 2 volumes in one, 4to; [†1] [†2] A-4I4 [*2] A-3P4 3Q2; printer's device, head- and tail-pieces; contemporary paper-backed boards (minor dampstain to upper cover), spine title "Spanisch Dicionary" lettered with manuscript cancellation of the "c" in "Spanisch" and the "t" added to "Dicionary";..... More
Londres: Piestre and Delamolliere, 1786. 2 volumes, 4to, pp. [6], 624; [4], 491; slight cracking of the joints, wear at spine ends and corners, but all in all a good, handsome set in contemporary mottled (French or Spanish) calf, gilt spines, red morocco labels. Baretti's edition was first published in..... More
London: for J.F. and C. Rivington [et al.], 1790. First edition to come under outside editorship, 4to, 2 vols. in 1, pp. [3], vi-xxxiv, plus unpaginated lexicon; [4], xxxix, [1], plus unpaginated lexicon; possibly lacking a half-title; the English title bound before the Italian, the Italian before the English; occasional..... More
London: for F. Wingrave [et al.], 1800. 4to, 2 parts in 1, [4] and unpaginated text in triple column, full contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn, joints tender, top of title-p. with small piece excised along the top margin, text foxed, LC duplicate, with stamp on verso of title-p. Alston XII..... More
London: printed for the author, and sold by T. Evans, at No. 54, in Pater-Noster Row; F. Blyth, at the Royal Exchange; Mr. Jackson, at Oxford, [et al.], [n.d., ca. 1772-73]. First and only edition, 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, pp. [8], (includes 4 p. subscriber's list), 15, [1] ad..... More
[London]: Longman, [1974]. Reprint edition, 8vo, pp. 512, the dictionary proper in double column; as new in like dustjacket. Composed of "terms, meanings, and acronyms which have come into the vocabulary of the English-speaking world during the period 1963-1972," (jacket blurb). "We chose 1963 as the beginning date since this..... More
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1954]. First edition, 3 volumes, thick 8vos, original blindstamped maroon cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; Barnhart accession markings at the base of the spines, some modest wear, but generally a good set. Clarence Barnhart's own copy, with his ownership initials on the title-pp..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. Thick 16mo, pp. xviii, 767; original dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; edges and spine ends rubbed, early 20th-century ownership signature on front free endpaper; title page a bit loose, else textblock about fine. This edition not in Kennedy or Vancil. More
London: Hugo's Language Inst. 1911. 8vo, pp. l, 483, [1]; text in double column; orig. quarter white cloth over green linen sides, spine worn and faded, some scuffing, front hinge loose. The frontal matter is extensive, with a list of authorities consulted, historical introduction, canting samples from the 15th to..... More
London: privately printed at the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham and Co., 1887. First edition, square 8vo, pp. lxxxiv, 495, [1]; engraved frontis by Godefroy Durand; text in double column; recent black cloth, red morocco label on spine; half-title a little chipped at the edges, else fine in a new..... More
London: privately printed at the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham and Co., 1887. First edition, square 8vo, pp. lxxxiv, 495, [1]; engraved frontispiece by Godefroy Durand; text in double column; contemporary three-quarter maroon morocco, spine rather worn and faded, accession number neatly obscured on spine; some scuffing; very good. Printed..... More
New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1848. First edition, 8vo, expanded to small folio, xxvii, [1], 412; the whole interleaved in folio throughout; 20th-century quarter brown morocco over marbled boards; generally fine; judging from the soiling on the page edges, this copy was interleaved at an early date, much earlier than..... More
New York: Bartlett and Welford. London: John Russell Smith, 1849. First London issue, (the book appeared under the New York imprint only in 1848); lg. 8vo, [xxviii] & 412pp., bookplate on front pastedown, front hinge separated at joints, cracked at joints, chipped at extremities, paper label on spine rubbed and..... More
New York: Bartlett and Welford, 1848. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxvii, [1], 412; original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine; a few cracks to spine; hinges reinforced, preliminaries foxed, else very good and sound. Late 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary ownership signature on title page. This popular and influential work..... More
London: printed for J.J. & P. Knapton, D. Midwinter, [et al.], 1734-38. Second edition in English, and best edition; 5 volumes, folio, engraved frontispiece portrait engraved by Samuel Smith, titles printed in red and black; half-titles present; full contemporary calf, gilt paneled spines, red and green morocco labels; extremities slightly..... More
Rotterdam: Michel Bohm, 1720. 4 volumes, folio, text largely in double column, woodcut ornaments and initials; engraved vignette title-pp. printed in red and black in each volume by W. De Gouwen after A. Vander Werf; 2 leaves of dedication printed in red and black (not in all copies) with a...... More
Rotterdam: Michel Bohm, 1720. 4 volumes, folio, text largely in double column, woodcut ornaments and initials; engraved vignette title pages printed in red and black in each volume by W. De Gouwen after A. Vander Werf; 2 leaves of dedication printed in red and black (not in all copies) with..... More
Edinburgh & London: printed for William Creech and T. Cadell, 1787. First published edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 121; a number of contemporary annotations in ink; old sheep neatly rebacked; good copy. Bookplate of Allan Briggs. In the year 1779, Beattie published for the use of his class a list of..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et cie, 1876. 12mo, pp. [4], 908; text in double column; later full red cloth, old leather label on spine; spine label chipped, boards a little rubbed, text toned but clean and sound, very good. More
Toppenish, WA: Heritage University, [2009]. Large 8vo, pp. lxviii, 492; text illustrations throughout; stiff pictorial paper covers; fine, with cd in back pocket. Ownership signature of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. Sahaptin, or Ichishkíin Sínwit (literally, "this language"), is a Plateau Penutian language spoken in..... More
Basingstoke, Hants: Macmillan, 1992. 2 volumes, large 4to, pp. xxii, [2], 400; v, [1], 400-787; text in double columns, black and white text illustrations and maps throughout, map endpapers; original green cloth stamped in blue and gilt; a fine set. More
London: S.O. Beeton, [1859]. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. vi, [2], 708; 709-1411, [1], 52; engraved folding world map frontispiece, 19 folding plates, including 13 maps and one colored chronological chart; text illustrations throughout; original three-quarter calf over marbled boards, black morocco gilt-lettered spine labels; some general scuffing, a few plate..... More
London: S.O. Beeton, [1859]. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. vi, [2], 840; 841-1663, [1]; engraved color folding frontispiece; text illustrations throughout; contemporary three-quarter black calf over marbled boards, gilt spines; some general scuffing, else very good and sound. Binder's orange and blue tickets on front pastedowns. Vancil, p. 23. More
[Washington, D.C. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Joint Publications Research Service, 1968]. Thick 4to, pp. [8], 845, [1]; photocopied from typescript; text in double column; original printed wrappers (with U.S. Dept. of Commerce imprint) bound in black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "This..... More
