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Return of Owners of Land, 1873.

George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode · 1873

£495.00 (€592.88 | $665.81 | ¥105,197)

London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode , 1873. Leather. A thorough two volume survey of land ownership in England and Wales. The return intended to show the numbers and names of owners of land of one acre and upwards, annual estimated gross of rental property, num...

Dictionnaire National Ou Dictionnaire Universel de la Langue Francaise in Two Volumes

Aine Bescherelle · 1867

£195.00 (€233.56 | $262.29 | ¥41,441)

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1867. Leather. The famous French dictionary, designed to be used universally as an understanding into the French language. Featuring illuminated capitals to mark a new set of lettering. Edited by librarian of the Louvre, and member of the statistical soc...

Nouveau Dictionnaire de Versification Et de Poesie Latines Gradus Ad Parnassum

M. Alfred de Wailly · 1836

£47.99 (€57.48 | $64.55 | ¥10,199)

Paris, A. Guyot et Scribe, 1836. Leather. A Latin to French dictionary reference work, by Alfred de Wailly. Volume I only, containing Latin to French translations. A dictionary of Latin words with French translations. Volume I only of a two volume set. Compiled by Alfred de Wa...

Diccionario de la Lengua Castella

Spanish Academy · 1869

£195.00 (€233.56 | $262.29 | ¥41,441)

Madrid, Manuel Rivadeneyra, 1869. Leather. A comprehensive and charming revised edition of the official Dictionary of the Castilian language, created by the Spanish Academy. In full decorative calf. The eleventh edition of the Diccionario de La Lengua Castella (Dictionary of t...

A Companion Dictionary

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£195.00 (€233.56 | $262.29 | ¥41,441)

London, Asprey & Co. Ltd. c1900. Leather. A smartly bound companion dictionary from Asprey's Reference Library series. Scarce volume. The companion dictionary from Asprey's Reference Library collection. Compiled to meet the wants of the busy general reader who as sca...

Grammatical Commentaries; Being an Apparatus to a New National Grammar: By Way of Animadversion Upon the Falsities, Obscurities, Redundancies, and Defects of Lilly&Apos;S System Now in Use

Richard Johnson · 1718

£195.00 (€233.56 | $262.29 | ¥41,441)

London, Samuel Ballard, 1718. First edition. Cloth. An early eighteenth century edition of Richard Johnson's critical analysis of English grammar. An early edition, first published in 1706.With a folding table. Collated, complete. Richard Johnson's critical analysis...

A Dictionary of the English Language

Samuel Johnson · 1852

£350.00 (€419.21 | $470.77 | ¥74,382)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Leather. A very scarce mid nineteenth century edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language, printed 'verbatim from the author's last folio edition&apos. A very scarce edition of Johnson's important work. In the...

Dictionnaire Universel Des Litteratures

G. Vapereau · 1876

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

Paris , Librairie Hachette et Cie , 1876. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Louis Gustave Vapereau's extensive French literary dictionary. The first edition, bound here as a large single volume. In a quarter crushed morocco binding. Offered here is a compreh...

A Standard Dictionary of the English Language Upon Original Plans Designed to Give, in Complete and Accurate Statement, the Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Etymology of All the Words and Meaning of Idiomatic Phrases

Various; Isaac K. Funk [ed.] · 1901

£385.00 (€461.13 | $517.85 | ¥81,820)

New York, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901. Leather. A handsome two-volume set of Funk & Wagnalls' standard English language dictionary, uniformly bound in full morocco and illustrated with stunning colour plates. The complete two-volume set of this work, uniformly bound in ...

Corso Completo de Lingua Francese Ad Uso Degli Italiani Ovvero Grammatica Francese

Salvatore Torretti · 1849

£45.00 (€53.90 | $60.53 | ¥9,563)

Milano, Presso L'Editore Lorenzo Sonzogno, 1849. Leather. The seventh edition of this complete French language course for the use of Italians, in the original Italian with French learning. Italian and French. Seventh edition, corrected and expanded. A complete course of l...

Arrowsmith&Apos;S Dictionary of Bristol

Henry J. Spear; J. W. Arrowsmith · 1884

£165.00 (€197.63 | $221.94 | ¥35,066)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this dictionary of Bristol, with a folding map. A scarce first edition copy of Arrowsmith's Dictionary of Bristol.This was the first of its kind when it was published in 1884 providing i...

I.C. S. Reference Library Engineering and Construction

International Correspondence Schools Ltd. · 1907

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

London, International Correspondence Schools Ltd. 1907-1914 . Cloth. Two early editions of the I.C.S. Reference Library including works on engineering and construction. Two volumes from the International Correspondence Schools Ltd. Reference Library in the original publisher&a...

French-English Dictionary

1818

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1900. Leather. A beautifully bound French English dictionary, a pocket-sized volume in a navy crushed morocco binding. A pocket-sized French-English dictionary, in a full navy crushed morocco binding.Sold by Brooks Brothers, with their stamp to the ver...

The Concise Dictionary of National Biography

Unamed · 1967

£45.00 (€53.90 | $60.53 | ¥9,563)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1967-79. Cloth. A two volume set of 'The Concise Dictionary of National Biography', both held in the original unclipped dustwrappers. Two volumes. The concise Dictionary of National Biography (D.N.B.) The D.N.B. is a incredibly import...

Bhargava&Apos;S Standard Illustrated Dictionary of the Hindi Language (Hindi-English Edition)

R C Pathak Editor · 1957

£30.00 (€35.93 | $40.35 | ¥6,376)

Varanasi, Shree Ganga Pustakalaya, 1957. Cloth. A comprehensive Hindi to English dictionary, edited by R C Pathak, the Author of Bharagava's Standard Illustrated English Dictionary and Bhargava's Adarsha Hindi Kosha. With occasional vignette illustrations. Prior owne...

Foxon English Verse 1701-1750

D. F. Foxon · 1975

£275.00 (€329.38 | $369.89 | ¥58,443)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An attractive volume of this reference guide to 18th century English poetry. Complete in two volumes in a handsome slipcase.A catalogue of seperately printed poems with notes on contemporay collected editionsAn...

A Smaller Latin-English Dictionary: Abridged from the Larger Dictionary

William Smith · 1865

£125.00 (€149.72 | $168.13 | ¥26,565)

London, John Murray, 1865. Leather. A very scarce early edition of a comprehensive Latin-English dictionary, written by prominent lexicographer of Graeco-Roman antiquity. A very scarce early edition of A Smaller Latin-English Dictionary: Abridged from the Larger Dictionary, wi...

Chronology: Or, the Historian&Apos;S Vade-Mecum

John Trusler · 1790

£140.00 (€167.68 | $188.31 | ¥29,753)

London, Literary Press, 1790. Leather. A pocket-sized edition of Trusler's dictionary of historical events and figures. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born at Titley Court, Herefordshire, was a...

Dictionary of Dates and Universal Reference, Relating to All Ages and Nations.

Joseph Haydn · 1851

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

London, Edward Moxon, 1851. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of Haydn's well-established referential work. Fifth edition. A interesting reference work, collating a vast number of significant dates throughout history. 'The whole comprehending a body of information, cl...

Beatson&Apos;S Political Index Modernised the Book of Dignities Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire

Joseph Haydn · 1851

£45.00 (€53.90 | $60.53 | ¥9,563)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. Leather. An interesting heraldic and historical reference work. This work comprises of civil, ecclesiastical, judicial, military, naval and municipal rolls of the official personages from the earliest periods to the nineteenth ...