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[Springfield, Massachusetts]: C. & G. Merriam. Good. 1847. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Full tan buckram -- a stout and very sturdy library binding in heavy tan buckram with a coarse weave, executed in the style of a law book. The spine has a pair of labels in red and black: "WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY" and "1847 EDITION." … Read more about this item

London: Reeves and Turner. Very Good-. 1888. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 476, 32; 477-982 pages; Contents clean and secure in original brown cloth bindings; printed paper spine labels chipped and rubbed; cloth at extremeties quite worn, fading and some spots. An excellent reference set for those interested in the English language, particularly its usage in … Read more about this item

Oxford: B. H. Blackwell Ltd. Very Good. 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Issued From The Celtic Department Of The University Of Aberdeen; (117)-231 pages; Clean and secure in original printed wrappers. Articles include: Eileach an Naoimh Reconsidered (with folding plan) , The Story of Mac Datho's Pig, The Name Pict, and Catalogue of the Ossianic… Read more about this item

Louvain: Institut Supérieur de Philosophie de l'Université. Good. 1913. First Edition Thus. Printed Wrappers. Les Philosophes Belges - Textes et Etudes (Vol VIII); vii, (1), 74, 175 pages; Contents clean and complete, housed in modern patterned portfolio with original rear wrapper and most of backstrip, lacks front wrapper. OCLC 949046469 Gaston… Read more about this item

Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano. Good. 1821. Hardcover. iv, (3 folding tables), 410 pages; Former owners' names on ffep "Chas. E. Howard"; "Rev. Sidney N. Ussher"; "J. J. McElhinney"; contents clean and securely stitched; bottom half of backstrip missing; hinges tender. Green cloth binding with printed title label at spine (much eroded). Latin text with… Read more about this item

London: William Pickering. Very Good-. 1845. Hardcover. 273 pages; Secure in contemporary binding of half green morocco and marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt in 6 compartments with five raised bands, decorative devices in five compartments, black leather label with titles in gilt; green endpapers; tide marks to lower portion of pages. Nineteenth century newsclipping applied to… Read more about this item

London: C. Nourse. Fair. 1787. Third Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 427 pages; Text block complete and clean, Full calf binding, both boards, endpapers, and half-title detached, some loss to left edge of half-title and eps, former owner's small bookplate "J. H. Howard". Title label at spine lacking, leather worn and chipped away at extremeties at … Read more about this item

Hannover-Doehren: Hanno von Hirschheydt. Very Good. 1965-77. First Edition. wrappers. German text. Publisher's printed wrappers. German text. The final 11 volumes of this interesting periodcal concerning many aspects of Baltendeutsch life in the Baltic region -- Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The final three volumes are in a smaller 8vo format; the last… Read more about this item

Lüneburg: Verlag Nordland-Druck. Very Good. 1978. First Edition. Wrappers. 248 pages; Band XXVI in this running series. German text. Articles relating to: Carl Nottbeck Herrnhuter, Herder, J.M.R. Lenz, Krümmer Anstalt Birkenruh, Theodor von Holst, Geschichte deutscher Kunst im Baltikum, Pleskau, Sibirien 1918, baltische Brüderschaft, Luftangriff Reval 1944, baltischer Segelsport, Balten Kanada. .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. xxvii, (1), 930 pages; Clean and tight in original binding in very nice dustajcket. Inscribed and signed by the author on halftitle "For Kay & Rowly / who create / the lingo / Bill Safire New York Times Book… Read more about this item

A m-baile Atha-cliath /John Cumming. Very Good. 1844[-71]. Hardcover. 478 pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and decorative blindstamping to boards, cloth worn at spine ends and corners, cloth split 2" at top of rear hinge. Former owners' name on ffep "P. Casey" and "P. Dobyn" ;… Read more about this item

London. Very Good-. 1887. First Edition. Pamphlet. 20 pages; Removed document. Text clean and unmarked in original self-wrappers. L.C. deposit stamp at top of front wrapper (duplicate - copy 3), ink inscription: "The Smithsonian / Institution from / the Author", presumably in the author's manuscript. Date printed at end -- "London, May 5,… Read more about this item

Upsala: Stenhammar och Palmblad. Very Good. 1812. Second Edition. Hardcover. 238 pages; Contemporary binding: brown half calf over marbled boards, flat spine with gilt stamped decoration and a gilt-lettered label in citron, text block edges decoratively stained blue-green. Two folding engraved maps at the end. A lovely copy of this geographical dictionary of the… Read more about this item

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, (1), 151 pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket with a couple chips near head of spine; ffep corner cut. Alfred, King of the West Saxons during the turbulent ninth century, freely translated… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Very Good. 1933. Hardcover. 123 pages .

Sandbornton, N.H.: Charles Lane. Good. 1836. Hardcover. 144 pages; Contents clean and complete, housed in original wood boards covered in blue paper, paper worn (boards exposed in places), leather spine worn away, front board detached, lacks blank ffep; needs rebacking. Bookplate of former owner on fep "E.W. Phillips" D.D. Fisk, Printer. OCLC 476492706 … Read more about this item

London: Bemrose & Sons. Very Good. 1891. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. viii, 208 pages; Clean and secure in original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine, cloth a bit faded at backstrip. Cumbrian tales including: "Joe and the Geologist," "Bobby Banks's Bodderment," "The Bannasyde Cairns," "The Skulls of Calgarth," "A Lockerbye Lycke," etc. … Read more about this item

Cliath [Dublin]: Oifig di´olta foillseacha´in rialtais. Very Good+. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. [10 ff.], [13]-474 pages; Publisher's dark blue cloth, title (in Irish letters) stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover -- along with a device depicting a hand on the spine, and the original price (6/-) at the lower right corner of… Read more about this item

Zürich: Meyer und Zeller. Very Good. 1858. Hardcover. 2 p.l., 203 & [1, errata] pages; Contemporary pattern-printed paper-covered boards, flat spine ruled in gilt, red titling slip lettered in gilt. Probably a publisher's binding. This is one of the early modern editions of "Orendel" -- a Middle High German poem, traditionally called a "Spielmannsdichtung."… Read more about this item

New York: Collins and Hannay. Good. 1825. Hardcover. 531, [1], 122 pages; Full contemporary sheep, flat spine, front cover now detached. This 1825 edition of the Screvel Greek-Latin lexicon - as edited for anglophone students by Joseph Hill; John Entick; William Bowyer; Peter Steele - is the third American edition, first published in … Read more about this item