Oxonii: e theatro Sheldiano, 1674. First edition, folio, 2 parts in 1; pp. [8], 414; 447, [5]; engraved title page, engraved vignette title page, engraved and woodcut initials, engraved headpieces; lacks the folding plan; title page with perforated stamp; mild dampstain pervades the lower margin, prelimins and terminals reinserted; good..... More
Washington, D.C. W. Greer, printer, 1842. 8vo, pp. 21, [1]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; title page a bit foxed; all else very good. A dedicated public servant, Woodbury (1789-1851) served in the New Hampshire State Senate, was governor of N.H., was elected to the U.S. Senate, served as the..... More
[Boston]: privately printed [by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press], 1923. Edition limited to 650 copies, small 8vo, pp. [6], 12, [2]; plate of the portrait; original tan cloth-backed green paper-covered boards; fine. Attractively designed and printed on hand-made Venetia paper. Accompanied by: Exercises Commemorative of Lida Shaw King..... More
Boston: Timothy Swan, 1819. 8vo, pp. 323, [1]; pages browned, occasional pencilled marginalia, corners worn and rubbed, else a good, firm copy in contemporary half calf, red morocco label on spine. Lacks the atlas. The third in a series of school texts and gazetteers by the school teacher turned lexicographer..... More
Boston: Jenks, Hickling and Swan, 1854. First and only edition, 8vo, pp. 48; stitched as issued; very good. The Dictionary Wars continued. This is Worcester's publisher's vehement rebuttal to a pamphlet circulated in the Midwest by the Merriams accusing Worcester of appropriating Webster's orthography. Includes interesting statements from the publisher..... More
Boston: Timothy Swan, 1819. 12mo, pp. viii, [1], 10-322, [2]; atlas not present, lacking front free endpaper; 2 plates, tables, toned and foxed, notations on rear fly leaf dated 1825, front hinge starting, else good in contemporary full sheep with gilt-lettered red morocco label on spine. The third in a...... More
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege for Oxford University Press, [1946]. Second edition, 12mo, pp. xiii, [1], 226; original red pebbled cloth, slight faded spine, cracked, else very good. More
Providence: printed by the Collegiate Press, Menasha, Wisconsin, and Akerman-Standard Press, Providence, 1946. First editions, 12mo, fine in original printed wrappers. 1) The Structure of Brown University; 2) Educational Housing; 3) The University College; 4) The Size of Brown University. Wriston (1889-1978) was the 11th president of Brown University, serving..... More
Liverpool: University Press, 1904. First edition, 8vo, pp. 24; original brown printed wrappers; ex-Bedford College, with stamps and release stamps; all else very good. More
Albany: printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1822. First edition, 8vo, pp. 16; stitched, as issued; uncut and unopened; very good. American Imprints 9666, not locating any copies but citing Sabin 53454. University of Rochester and University of Glasgow, and College of London in OCLC. More
Easton: T. M. D. Forsman, printer, 1841. 8vo, pp. 32; removed from binding, wrappers wanting, light spotting; all else very good. American Imprints 41-5662. More
![Item #21897 英獨對譯学語篇 [Eidoku Taiyaku. Gakugo-hen] = English and German translations:...](/pictures/thumb/21897_1.jpg?v=1488390293)
Kyoto: Shobousha-shi, 1872. New edition, fukurotoji, approx. 7 1/4" x 5", 34 leaves; xylographically printed throughout, original yellow wrappers with pink printed label on upper cover; minor staining, very good. Text largely in double column, and arranged in squares, in two columns, words or phrases in English and German with..... More
Cleveland: M. C. Younglove, 1846. First edition, small 8vo, pp. 224, [1], plus 3-page publisher's catalogue; full contemporary sheep, brown leather label on spine lettered in gilt; worn, scraped, and stained, the joints beginning to crack, the gilt dulling, and scattered dampstaining to text; a good enough copy, still sound..... More
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Tokyo: Aoyama-do, 1872. Fukurotoji, approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4", [1], 16 leaves; xylographically printed throughout; generally fine in original green wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover. Includes 7 pages of alphabets, penmanship samples and 18 pages of simple vocabulary, English entries with Japanese equivalents and phonetics. Edited by..... More
N.p. Tapir, 1990. Large 8vo, pp. 143; original green pictorial wrappers, edges a bit rubbed; inscription on half-title page, else fine. OCLC does not locate any copies in North America. More
