CHILTON BOOKS

A Dictionary Of The English Language By Joseph E. Worcester, LL. D.

WORCESTER, JOSEPH EMERSON 1784-1865. · 1859

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, And Searle, 188 Fleet Street.. Boston, U.S.A.: Brewer And Tileston. 1859 / 1860 . 0. A very good half leather binding. 11.75" x 9.0" x 3.5" pp.lxviii. / pp.1786. Polished black morocco spine and corners, over black buckram boards. Edges rubbe...

An Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord M.DCCC.XL. Being, Bissextile, Or, Leap Year, Comprhending CelestialPhenomena And Useful Tables... By John Goldsmith.

GOLDSMITH, JOHN . · 1840

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London: Printed For The Company Of Stationers. By C. Baldwin, New Bridge-street; And Sold By G. Greenhill, At Their Hall, Ludgate-Street, 1840 . 0. A very good original wallet or wrap-round leather bindng. pp.64. 4.0" x 3.25" x 0.4". Darkened red leather. Corners rubbed and bu...

Historical Register, Containing An Impartial Relation Of The Transactions, Foreign And Domestick. With A Chronological Diary Of All The remarkable occurrences, viz Birth, marriages, deaths, removals, promotions, &c. that happened in this Year...

HISTORICAL REGISTER 1726 . · 1726

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London: Printed and sold by R. Nutt in the Old Baily, near Ludgate, where compleat Sets and single Parts may be had, at 1 s. each Register. Sold also by E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange, R. Gosling in Fleet-Street, D. Browne without Temple-Bar.. 1726 . 0. "Volume XI. For The Year...

The Penguin Dictionary of Religions.

HINNELLS, JOHN R. (EDITOR). · 1984

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984. 1st ed. A guide to all major religions. Pp. Unpaginated. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.

Dictionary of Social Services.

CLEGG, JOAN. · 1971

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: National Council of Social Service, 1971. 1st.ed. "This is a dictionary which is designed to be consulted by someone looking for enlightenment on the meaning of a word." Pp, 126. P/b. G.

A Student's Bible Dictionary. Drawings by William Duncan.

FAY, FREDERIC L. · 1969

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. 4th imp. Dictionary with Biblical connections. Pp. 64. B/w illustns. throughout. P/b, minor creasing to rear cover. G+.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.

LIVINGSTONE, E.A. (EDITOR). · 1977

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. 2nd ed. abridged. Reference book with over 5000 entries on all aspects of the Christian Church, from Aaron to Zwingli. Pp. 6/570. P/b. Illustd. cover,some creasing to spine. VG.

Make your own Model Railway Track.

GEE, KENNETH F. · 1961

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons,1961. Rep. How to construct layouts, buildings, stations and scenery to scale for a model railway. Pp.86, frontis. + 29 illustrative figures. Blue cloth,title to spine. VG.

Act on the Facts. Information to Steer.

BRIERLEY, PETER. · 1992

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: MARC. 1992. 1st.ed. "This book is crammed with fascinating information and up-to-date statistics on the world front." Pp. 256. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

Beeton's British Gazetteer : a topographical and historical guide to the United Kingdom : containing nearly five thousand distinct articles with the correct pronunciation of the name of every place. With Supplements... returns of 1871 and 1881 .

BEETON, SAMUEL ORCHART (1831-1877 ) . · 1881

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London: Ward, Lock And Co, Warwick House, Salibury Square, [ nd - c. 1881] . 0. A very good original Victorian publication. pp.4/pp.284. 7.0" x 4.75" x 0.75". Brown cloth with black titles to front board and spine, edges lightly rubbed. Cover-title reads: "Beeton's National re...

How to Find a Book. (New and Revised Edition).

DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION. · 1955

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Libraco Limited, nd. (c.1955). Reader's Guide to the Arrangement of Books on the Shelves, Together with an Abridged Index to Subjects. The scheme of classification divides knowledge into 9 main classes, with a tenth class covering works so general as tp belong to no on...

Cassell Dictionary of Christianity.

COOPER J.C. (EDITOR). · 1996

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Cassell, 1996. 1st ed. "Providing a comprehensive reference to saints,popes,martyrs,orders,heresies,schisms and religious movements, the dictionary is an alphabetically ordered volume of essential facts about the main brances of the Christian churches." Pp. 3/296. P/b....

Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles: A Checklist.

ADOMEIT, RUTH ELIZABETH. · 1980

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

New York: Garland Publishing Inc, 1980. 0824098188. 1st edition. Contents includes: Introduction. 1.Collections: i) Locations of Thumb Bibles; ii) Private Collections; iii) Libraries and Their Symbols; 2.Plan and Scope of the Checklist; 3. To Lay Some Ghosts and Explain Some O...

The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature. Containing and Account of Rare, Curious and Useful Books, Published in or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliograohical and Critical Notices...

LOWNDES, WILLIAM THOMAS (1798?-1843) / BOHN, HENRY G. (HENRY GEORGE BOHN (1796-1884) . · 1857

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London : Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1857-1864 0. "New edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, with an Appendix relating to the books of literary and scientific societies." 11 matching volumes in later quarter vellum bindings. 12mo. 7.0" x 4.75" x 1.25". 6 vol...

The Hodder Book of Christian Quotations.

CASTLE, TONY. · 1984

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1984. 2nd.imp."A small collection of useful sayings..ancient and modern, English and American, Protestant and Catholic." Pp.293. name to fep. P/b. VG.

A Biblical Cyclopedia or Dictionary of Eastern Antiquities, Geography, Natural History, Sacred Annals and Biography, Theology, and Biblical Literature, illustrative of The Old and New Testaments. With Maps and Pictorial Illustrations.

EADIE, JOHN. · 0

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

London: Religious Tract Society,nd. 26th ed. Pp.8/690,frontis.map of Palestine in the time of JesusChrist, + other maps, vignette illustrations, bookplate to verso front board, hinges weak. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

New Complete Russian-English Dictionary. (New Orthography).

SEGAL, LOUIS.(EDITOR). · 1942

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London:Lund Humphries,1942. 2nd imp. 25.5cms x 20cms. Pp.12/965, slight toning to endpapers, page edges spotted not affecting text. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

The Lion Christian Quotation Collection.

WARD, HANNAH AND WILD, JENNIFER.(COMPILERS). · 1997

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London: BCA,1997. Collection of Christian Quotations listed in chronological order from the 1st to the 20th century. Indexed by Source; Theme; and Key words. 24cms x 17cms. Pp.480. Maroon cloth,gilt title to spine. VG.

The Fund-raising Handbook.

MULLIN, REDMOND. · 1976

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London:Mowbrays,1976. 1st ed. "..practical advise and, where required, criticises current practice in order to assist voluntary organisations in improving their performance in terms of management, communications and fund-raising." Pp.12/164, endpapers toned. Black cloth, gilt ...

A Concise Dictionary of Foreign Expressions.

PHYTHIAN, B.A. · 1982

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1982. 1st ed. "The collection reflects the origins of modern English, its subsequent international nature, and the history of Britain, which have all contributed to the frequency with which foreign words and expressions are found in English." Pp. 9/...