Search Results: Reference from The Owl at the Bridge

Bookseller catalogue listing 80 items by and about Daniel Defoe and his times. Stapled in pictorial wraps; Good with ink marks on cover. Stock#ofc0273.

Two bookseller catalogues listing a total of 963 artists' monographs alphabetically by artist, from Alechinsky and Alessi to Zille and Zurbaran. Stapled in paper covers; Good. Stock#ofc0404.

Quadrangle / New York Times Book Co.. Hard Cover. x, 276 p.; 24 cm. "This unconventional dictionary lists an alphabetical array of meanings that lead you to words you couldn't quite remember (or never knew)." Dj has 2 small chips in rear; ink owner name; VG. Stock#37488 (iab).

"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (London) Ltd. by Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1975." "A biographical dictionary of 263 artists who practised between 1700 and 1800, with lists and details of all the books that they respectively illustrated." xiv, 120 pages, 45 black & white plates; 25 cm. Very Good in slightly shelfworn dust jacket. Tipped inside front cover, two typewritten pages of remarks about book and author by Marshall N. Fulton, dated June 1976; tipped inside rear cover, an envelope with a copy of Hammelmann's obituary and part of a handwritten note by Marianne, Hammelman's sister. Stock#ofc0678.

New York : Broadway Books, c2001. Soft Cover. xii, 269 p. : ports. ; 20.5 cm. Table of Contents: Prologue: A Legacy of Virtues; Ch. 1. Timing 19; Ch. 2 Beauty 53; Ch. 3 Cheek 79; Ch. 4 Brilliance 95; Ch. 5 Gaiety (or Joie de Vivre) 133; Ch. 6 Grace 159; Ch. 7 Charm 189; Epilogue: In the End 231; Glossary 251; Bibliography p.259. Notes (p. 259-269) Include bibliographical references. Stock# 43,618. Vg / soft cover.

"Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers [vol. 4]." Contents include: Introduction by Muriel Mellown; Profiles of British Literary Magazines, 1914-1984; lists of titles included in the previous volumes; A Chronology of Social and Literary Events and British Literary Magazines, 1914-1984; Scottish Literary Periodicals: A Selected List; Magazines with Short Runs; Index; list of Contributors. xxx, 628, [1] pages; 24 cm. Bound in maroon publisher's cloth with gold front & spine lettering; unused; As New. Stock#ofc0866.

"The Preface to a dictionary must be the least likely of all human utterances to awaken interest, yet it is the only means by which the lexicographer can introduce himself and explain the lines upon which he has done his work." "Ogni uomo sa che la parola è mezzo di rappresentare il pensiero; ma pochi si accorgono che la progressione, l'abbondanza e l'economia del pensiero son effetti della parola.-- Ugo Foscolo". xxi, 1096 pages, thumb-indexed; black cloth , corners slightly bumped, bookend impression on rear cover; Good. Stock#ofc0411.

Two single-subject bookseller catalogs from the respected Philadelphia firm; books on and about Pennsylvania "Including Many County & Town Histories; 18th Century Imprints; 17th, 18th & 19th Century History; Directories; Indian Captivities, History, Ethnology; Educational, Social & Religious History; Diaries; etc., etc. With a Large Selection of Books Relating to Philadelphia." 1195 and 992 items; printed probably a year apart. Stapled in printed wraps; Good. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0232.

xxiii, 251 pages; ex-library with release stamps; corner torn from last page; withal good+. Stock#ofc0117.

Bookseller catalog; 64 pages, 140 entries, illustrated.; slight shelf wear; VG+. Stock#ofc0097.

New York : Atheneum, 1985.. Soft Cover. x, 70 p. : illus. ; 19 cm. In lectures at Harvard Miss manners address the problem of etiquette in a democratic society. "My mission, rather, is to call attention to the need for a philosophically acceptable and aesthetically pleasing standard of American etiquette" (p. viii). She goes so far as to admit "that I am actually a direct descendant, on both sides of my family, from people who practiced [sex]" This is one of three passages underlined in ink by a great Newport dame. Stock# 44,222. Vg, except for aforesaid underlining / soft cover.

Soft Cover. 37 p.; printed paper covers to conform with the periodical; good+, Stock# 25295x. Reference; literary criticism.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1970. Hard Cover. 628 p.; 21 cm. An abridgment of Sir Paul Harvey's Oxford Companion to English Literature, first pub. 1932. Dj clipped; VG. stock#44956.

Madrid: Gredos [1984?]. Hard Cover. Three volumes: vol. 1, A-C, [xiv], 714 pages; vol. 2, D-Í, [xvi], 696 pages; vol. 3, O-Z, [xvi], 578 pages; 1 illus.; 24.5 cm. Reprint; originally published Madrid, Impr. de F. del Hierro, 1726-1737, under title Diccionario de la lengua castellana. Stock#45561. Vg/ no dj.

Porto Editora [1998]. Aba-zus! Hard Cover. 1009 pages; 25 cm. Red boards stamped in gold, orange dj torn away at top of spine; VG in cracking orange slipcase. stock#45942.

N.Y., Signet/NAL [1958].. Soft Cover. xii, 671 p., 18 cm. 5,000 word entries often with examples, definitions, explanations. A reminder that the two laanguages differ. Stock# 32,694. Good, paper darkened/ paper.

Avenel Books, NY ['1978 Printing']. Reprint of the edition published by Delacorte Press.. Hard Cover. lxxix, 832 p., index; 23.5 cm.; dj; pages darkened; near fine. Includes a Topical Index, itself cross-indexed. stock#100366. Literary reference.

In French. Two volumes in one: Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne (dictionary of ancient & modern geography), viii, 1591 pages; Index alphabétique français des noms Latins (French alphabetical index of Latin names), pages 1468-1591; L'Imprimerie hors l'Europe (Printing outside Europe), [vi], 208 pages; index, pages 195-208; 22 cm. Single volume bound in green cloth stamped in gold; no dust jacket; ex-Rhode Island School of Design Library with bookplate & markings; lightly used; Good. Stock#ofc0829. Overseas shipping will cost $50.

Berlin-Schöneberg, Langenscheidtsche verlagsbuchhandlung (G. Langenscheidt) [1910]. Hard Cover. PART II: xl, 1183, [16] p.; 27 cm. brown mottled covers, 27 cm. Abridged Edition (for School and Home). German-English. New Edition, revised and greatly enlarged by H. Baumann. Fourteenth edition. Entire work originally published in 1908 as four volumes; ‘has long been an outstanding bilingual dictionary' (Sheehy AD376). This is the pre-World War II version (the dictionary was completely revamped in 1962) with the German words in black-letter. Stock# 39,222x. Good+, brown mottled covers,leather spine & corners; covers & edges scuffed. A good, well-used copy. Another copy, rebound in simulated leather, title-page repaired.

Oyster Bay, N.Y., Nelson Doubleday, 1924. Hard Cover. vii, 150 p., illus., 19.5 cm. An interesting piece of anthropology. Guiding the young to behave in a cultured manner. "It is not considered the best of form for the young woman to convey her order to the waiter directly." The tortured prose reflects the tortured and sexist manners of those who want to appear well-bred. See Aresty The Best Behavior, pp.282-83. Stock# 32,778. Vg/ no dj.