Dictionaries

Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter [0-89925-760-7] 1990. (Hardcover) 385pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. A previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Publisher series: Mouton Grammar Library 6. (Linguistics, Grammar--Tauya Language, Linguistics, Tauya Language).

BASSANO, IOSEPH REMONDINI, 1811. THIRD EDITION, TWO VOLUMES, FOLIO, FULL REVERSED CALF, RAISED BANDS, AN EXCELLENT SET - CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. 787, 724 pp. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.

London: Arthur John Knapp / W. Clowes & Sons, 1856. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. V, 152 Pp. Half Morocco, With Morocco Tips, Over Ribbed Purple Cloth, Gilt Title Author And "T. C. B." On Spine, Marbled Endpapers And Marbled Edges. Inscribed "With The Authors Kind Regards" On Preliminary Blank. Architectural Bookplate Of H. [Henry] W. Lewer Depicting A Two Story Cottage. Rubbing At Corners And Edges, 3/8" Chip On Top Of Spine. A Few Pencil Emphasis Marks, Two Marginalia. This Original Edition, "Privately Printed", Is Scarce.

London: F.C. et J. Rivington [et al], 1810. Hardcover. Good +. "Editio Nova, typis et cura R. Taylor et Socii." viii, [approx. 830] p.; 28 cm. 19th-century calf spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment: Hederici Graecum Lexicon. Diced leather over boards with double gilt-ruled borders. All page edges marbled. Green floral-patterned endpapers. 20th-century? strengthening of both hinges. Entirely in Greek and Latin. Printed in three columns. Part 2 has caption title: Lexici Manualis Graeci Pars Secunda, Vocum Phrasiumque Latinorum, quae in primis è re Graecè quidpiam reddituris esse possint, interpretationem Graecam sistens: iterùm repurgata, et quamplurimis aucta vocabulis per T.M. Half title: Hederici Graecum Lexicon Manuale. Small stamp on lower title page and title page verso reading: "Bibliotheca C. SS. R. Ilchester, Md." In Good+ Condition: leather is rubbed; front joint is starting at tail… Read More

Paris: V. Baudry's European Library , 1857. Title page states "thirty-first, edition revised, corrected and improved". ix, 428 pages. Bound in full contemporary vellum, back with red morocco label lettered in gilt on a field of repeating gilt stamped decorations, ribbon marker. Near Fine, light soiling to boards, period inscription at half-title page. A SCARCE edition, handsomely bound. . Revised Edition, Corrected and Improved . Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Containing the correct pronunciation and definition of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences. With Addenda containing abbreviations used in prescriptions, and list of Poisons and their Antidotes. Thirty-third edition. 302 pp. 11,7x8,5 cm. P. Blakiston, Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1893.
--- Cloth-bound (publishers cloth), with gilt lettering on front cover. Some wear at corners and spine ends. All edges red. Tight binding. Pages bright and clean. Unmarked.

Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1815. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All in good internal order. Two pinholes to first dozen pages, not obtrusive. Two former owners' not unattractive signatures to title and (faintly) to first page. Grey paper covered boards with red cloth spine, likely contemporary, with remains of paper label to latter. Boards well worn, especially to corners. A nice copy. 8vo. 226pp

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1911. Near Fine, end papers toned, slight fading to rear boards. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine. xx, 100, (2) Appendix pages. Interior clean, tight, and unmarked. Uncommon in lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers 1844. (Hardcover set) 672, 717pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. 3 / 4 leather with gilt lettering, gilt decoration and raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers and edges, illustrations, index. The boards are worn with some chipping to the spine labels, some pages spotted. (Dictionaries, English Literature).

Complete three volume set with paper wraps. Vol. I runs from A to LL, Vol. II is from M to Z, and Vol. III contains plates. Vol. III is dated 1956, while the previous two volumes are 1958. Some pages uncut. Toning and minor staining to spines (see image), but otherwise clean copies with no previous owners' names or other defacements.
8.25 x 11.75 in

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. First Edition (1929) no year listed but place of publication shown as London. Very Good, no jacket, white lettering at spine rubbed, scattered light foxing mainly at end papers, engraved period nautical bookplate of Robert R. Martin at front paste down, rear end page extra-illustrated with 2 columns of "Did You Know, Captain, That...". 154 pages with illustrations. SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Portland, OR: Louis E. Jackson, [Modern Print. Co.],, 1914. Wrappers with yapped edges, Very Good Plus, evidence of small label removal front cover, blindstamp of SLSI Library University of Western Ontario at title page, verso rear cover with slight paper loss from pocket or plate removal, small stain at spine, else a clean, tight and lovely copy of this scarce book of slang. Title at front cover and spine is Criminal Slang. 103 pages. Uncommon. A quite presentable copy. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place (Gatlinburg, Tenn.): The Author No date, circa 1960. [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] Unpaged, 8 pp. of text in stiff yellow stapled paper wrappers. First Edition, Weals published a revised edition under the title "Hillbilly Dictionary (revised) :an edifying collection of mountain expressions". SCARCE in commerce. Good, wrappers darkend, ragged triangular chips at top corners not affecting text, inked checkmarks by several of the terms. . First Edition. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: George Brinton Beal, 1956. Title page states "Reprinted from THE CALL OF THE CALLIOPE". Fine in red stapled wrappers, 16 pp. OCLC locates only 2 copies, at Syracuse University and the Lilly Library with Madeline Kripke's copy, recently acquired. "Self-published by George Brinton Beal in 1956, this Circus Glossary is one example of the numerous rare materials in the Kripke Collection documenting terms specific to an industry or community of people. At the time of his death in 1957, Beal was quite famous for his writings about circus life, earning him the moniker, "Beal of Boston, the Circus Man’s Friend." (Michelle Crowe, Lilly Library, October 14, 2021). Reprint. Pamphlet. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 5 1/2" x 4 1/2".

New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation: Containing Phrases and Dialogues on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Topics, Together with a few General Rules of Grammar; and a Comprehensive Vocabulary, S.A. (Suzanne Aubert a.k.a. Sister Mary Joseph). Published by Lyon and Blair, Wellington, New Zealand, 1885. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall., 197pp. Brown cloth boards with red titles and speckled edges. Boards are square; hinges lightly weakened, rubbing to edges, red titles remain bright. Text block is clean without any markings, tan marks to endpapers, small closed tear at top edge title page and top edge crease to page eight. A rare copy in very good condition.
Suzanne Aubert (1835-1926) was a religious sister who devoted her life to helping others. Her work took her from France to Auckland then to Hawke's Bay, to the Whanganui River and finally to Wellington. And along the way, she founded a new Catholic congregation, cared for children and the sick, by skilfully combining Māori… Read More