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Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made by: Green, Jonathon
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Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made by: Green, Jonathon

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Henry Holt & Co, 1st, 1996-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 510 pages. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 465939
Price: $12.00 

Macmillan's Modern Dictionary by: Editor: Bruce Overton
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Macmillan's Modern Dictionary by: Editor: Bruce Overton

Hardcover. NY, The Macmillan Company, 1945 Revised Edition, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1494 pages, hardcover. Covers are in good condition, as are the interior pages. The spine is significantly faded and difficult to read. Binding is solid. The first two front end pages are folded and torn, but the rest of the pages are clean and bright. This rare 1945 revised edition includes a special glossary of aeronautical terms. Previous owner's signature inscribed on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33750
Price: $15.00 

Cyclopedia of American Horticulture [4 Volume Set] by: Bailey, L. H.
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Cyclopedia of American Horticulture [4 Volume Set] by: Bailey, L. H.Cyclopedia of American Horticulture [4 Volume Set] by: Bailey, L. H.

Cyclopedia of American Horticulture [4 Volume Set] by: Bailey, L. H.

Hardcover. NY, The MacMillan Company, 7th, 1910, Book: Poor, Dust Jacket: None, 2016 pages, all 4 volumes combined, hardcovers. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering are in poor condition, with significant discoloration to the boards, as well as damage to the spines. Interior pages are clean and bright. All 4 bindings are loose, with cracked hinges in each volume. This set contains two-thousand eight-hundred original B&W engravings throughout. These volumes make up a complete record of the status of North American horticulture as it existed at the close of the 19th century. This set is comprised of 4 large-form books, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 34004
Price: $85.00 

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language by: N/A
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language by: N/AA Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language by: N/A

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language by: N/A

Hardcover. NY, Samuel Stansbury, James and Thomas Ronalds, Joseph Osborn, and George F. Hopkins, 3rd US Ed., 1807, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 962 pages, hardcover. Leather covers are in poor condition due to significant edge wear and rubbing, and the front cover has completely detached from the binding. Interior pages have light foxing but are otherwise clean and legible. This book is in need of rebinding. In this book, not only are the meanings of every word clearly explained, but the sounds of every syllable are also distinctly shown. Where words are subject to different pronunciations, the reasons for each are at large displayed, and the preferable pronunciation is pointed out. Previous owner inscribed their name on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34023
Price: $100.00 

 

Dictionary of the French and English Languages


James, W. and A. Mole

hardcover. NY, Macmillan, Rep., 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Re-written and enlarged by Louis Tolhausen and George Payn. In 2 parts, 663, 564 pages. Front hinge weak. Light edgewear, soiling to covers. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else pages clean and tight.

Record # 64820


Price: $16.00 

 

Encyclopedia of New York City, The


Jackson, Edited by Keith

Hardcover. New Haven,Conn. , Yale University Press, 5th printing, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1350 pages, b&w photos and illustrations. This Encyclopedia contains more than 4300 entries by more than 650 contributors, along with nearly 700 illustrations and maps. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to pictorial dust jacket with slight scratch to front cover, else a very nice, tight copy.

Record # 401404


Price: $50.00 

Korean- English Dictionary Martin, Samuel, Yang Ha Lee and Sung-Un Chang
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Korean- English Dictionary


Martin, Samuel, Yang Ha Lee and Sung-Un Chang

Hardcover. New Haven CONNECTICUT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 1,902 pages, mustard cloth covers with a dust jacket that has light edgewear.

Record # 403180


Price: $150.00 

 

A Philosophical Dictionary from the French of M. De Voltaire


Voltaire

Hardcover. Boston, J.P. Mendum, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes bound in one, 408 and 416 pages. Two b&w frontispieces with tissue guards. Additional notes by Abner Kneeland. Nicely bound in leather, black label stating to peel. Mild scuffing to covers, otherwise very good.

Record # 408104


Price: $156.00 

 

New Hampshire Scenery: A Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Artists of New Hampshire Mountain Landscapes


Campbell, Catherine H.

Hardcover. Canaan, N.H., 1st, September 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 249 pages, b&w illustrations, map end papers. Gray covers w/ gilt lettering and color plate. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451341


Price: $40.00 

 

Dictionary of Furniture


Boyce, Charles (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, N.Y., 1st, December 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 331 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451356


Price: $15.00 

Dictionary of Modern War, The Luttwak, Edward and Stuart L. Koehl
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Dictionary of Modern War, The


Luttwak, Edward and Stuart L. Koehl

Hardcover. New York, 1st thus, September 1, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 680 pages. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451774


Price: $15.00 

Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations, The Hazen, Edith (Editor)
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Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations, The


Hazen, Edith (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, October 15, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1132 pages. Light gray covers w/ silver lettering. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 453241


Price: $60.00 

 

Soviet Union: A Biographical Dictionary


Brown, Archie (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Library Reference, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 489 pages. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453281


Price: $15.00 

Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History by: Hunter, Janet E.
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Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History by: Hunter, Janet E.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453741
Price: $12.00 

Remembering the Kanji II: A Systematic Guide to Reading Japanese Characters Heisig, James W.
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Remembering the Kanji II: A Systematic Guide to Reading Japanese Characters


Heisig, James W.

Softcover. Japan Publications Trading, reprint, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 395 pages. Slight wear to covers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453776


Price: $28.00 

Wittgenstein Dictionary, A Glock, Hans-Johann
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Wittgenstein Dictionary, A


Glock, Hans-Johann

Softcover. Oxford, OX, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., Wiley-Blackwell, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 405 pages. Previous owner's signature on title page, light wear to wrappers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453949


Price: $30.00 

 

Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Natural History, The


Lincoln, Roger J.

Hardcover. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st, August 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 413 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Light foxing to top edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 455024


Price: $15.00 

Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology Juo, Pei-Show
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Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology


Juo, Pei-Show

Hardcover. Boca Raton, Fla., CRC-Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 983 pages, previous owner's signature on front endpaper, minor edge wear, otherwise, unmarked and bright copy.

Record # 458046


Price: $38.00 

 

Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze


Mackay, James A. (Editor)

Hardcover. Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 414 pages, light dust jacket edge wear with water stains and ripples, otherwise, internally very clean and bright copy.

Record # 458069


Price: $88.00 

Russian-English Social Science Dictionary by: Smith, R. E. F.
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Russian-English Social Science Dictionary by: Smith, R. E. F.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Birmingham, University of Birmingham, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 595 pages. Text in Russian and English. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 459455
Price: $12.00 

 

Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary


Gray, A. Stuart

Hardcover. US, Univ of Iowa Pr, 1st, 1986-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 421 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463272


Price: $38.00 

 

Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology, The


Williamson, Mark

Hardcover. US, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2001-04-09, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 464 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 463435


Price: $38.00 

 

Aperto libro ou le latin retrouve


Rudder, Orlando De

Softcover. US, Larousse, 1st, 1991-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 302 pages, b&w illustrations. Text in French. Previous owner's stamp and notes on front end paper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 464444


Price: $31.00 

Dictionary of Irish Biography, A Boylan, Henry
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Dictionary of Irish Biography, A


Boylan, Henry

hardcover. Niwot, CO, Roberts Rinehart Pub, 3rd, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 462 pages. Hardcover with faded dust jacket. Black and white pictures. Front board lightly warped otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468944


Price: $19.00