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1 Bryce's Thumb English Dictionary Comprising: Besides The Ordinary And Newest Words in the Language, Short Explanations of a Large Number of Scientific, Philosophical, Literary, and Technical Terms.
Glasgow David Bryce & Son [ca1890s] Hardcover Good+ 
Miniature; 128mo; Mahogany leather, all edges gilt, 1 1/4 by 1 3/4 by 5/8 inch, 386p., all but the last page are double page openings, portrait frontispiece. **Not listed in Welsh. 
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2 Bryce's Thumb English Dictionary Comprising: Besides The Ordinary And Newest Words in the Language, Short Explanations of a Large Number of Scientific, Philosophical, Literary, and Technical Terms.
Glasgow David Bryce & Son [ca1890s] Hardcover Good+ 
Miniature; 128mo; Black leather, all edges gilt, 1 1/4 by 1 3/4 by 7/16 inch, 386p., all but the last page are double page openings, portrait frontispiece. **Not listed in Welsh. 
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3 Catholicon Anglicum, Or English-latin Wordbook, Dated 1843. Edited, From the Ms. No. 168 in the Library of Lord Monson, Collated with the Additional Ms. 15,562, British Museum, with Introduction and Notes by Sidney J. H. Herrtage. with a Preface by Henry B. Wheatley.
Printed For The Camden Society 1882 First Edition Hardcover Perforated library stamp on title page, pocket removed in rear, corners lightly worn else bright clean copy. 
Camden Society; Large 8vo; Publisher's cloth, lii, 432p., inserted corrections leaf. **New series, volume 30. 
Price: 85.00 USD
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4 Century English-Chinese Dictionary (unabridged) .
Shanghai N.D. Flexible covers Good; Spine creased, ends chipped, typical dark paper. 
48mo; 89cm by 55cm, 45cm thick. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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5 Dizionario Della Lingua Italiana Arricchito De Tutte Le Giunte Che Si Trovano Negli Altri Dizionarj...
Livorno Fratelli Vignozzi E Nipote 1839 Hardcover Good; Rear cover damp stained, crown of spine damaged, slight staining of text at rear else a clean tight copy. 
8vo 8" - 9" tall; Leather, pps. [1215]-2792. **I to Z only. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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6 English And Tamil Dictionary; Containing All The More Important Words In Dr. Webster's Dictionary Of The English Language.
Jaffna American Mission Press 1852 Hardcover lacks top half of spine, hinges cracked, withdrawn stamp on title page. 
Thick 8vo; Blind tooled leather, all edges marbled, 8vo, [3], 970p. **With the binder's ticket of "Murugasan, Binder, A. M. Press Jaffna. " The spine isblind tooled in an all-over pattern, the boards with double ornate border. Front board is stamped "Rev. R. Anderson, D. D. " in gilt and he has signed the book in pencil. The Rev. Dr. Rufus Anderson, mission history, visited India in 1854. This is, apparently, a presentation binding prepared for him. 
Price: 250.00 USD
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7 Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary Of The English Language...
Boston Charles Ewer 1828 Leather Poor; Binding very worn, hinges crudely taped, worm hole on first 56 causing minor text damage, stain on bottom corner, last 5 leaves have damage to bottom corners affecting text on last 3 leaves, the last leave is seriously defective, ink blots throughout. 
16mo 6" - 7" tall; 444 pages; **AI#37064. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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8 Ainsworth, [Robert] 1660-1743 An Abridgement Of Ainsworth's Dictionary, English And Latin, Designed For The Use of Schools, By Thomas Morell.
Philadelphia & Boston Kimber & Conrad, Johnson & Warner... 1808 First American Edition Hardcover Good; Lacks end-papers, top of spine worn with small loss, title page torn with slight loss not effecting text, board showing on two corners. 
Thick 8vo; Unpaginated pages; Leather. **A merican Imprint #14307. 
Price: 65.00 USD
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9 B**, M. , M. A. Univ. Paris Dictionnaire Poetique Portatif, Qui Contient L'histoire Fabuleuse Des Dieux Et Des Heros De L'antiquite Parienne.
Paris Bauche 1759 Good with no dust jacket; front hinge broken, lacks half of spine, internally 
Leather, lvi, 575, [4]p. **"Ouvrage utile & meme necessaire aux jeunes gens pour l'intelligence des poetes. " 
Price: 100.00 USD
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10 Bescherelle, [Louis Nicolas], Aine Dictionnaire National Ou Dictinnaire Universel De La Langue Francaise...
Paris Chez Simon & Chez Garnier 1854 Second Edition Hardcover Fair; Base of both spines ragged, two corners broken, vertical crease to spine of volume two but cords appear to be holding, there is occasional show-through, in a few cases making it hard to read. 
4to 11" - 13" tall; Two volumes, half dark green morocco with mottled boards, [1], [1], vii, [3], 1319, xi; [2], [1], 331-1683, viii pages. **Extra shipping charges will apply as they weigh 19 pounds. 
Price: 50.00 USD
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11 Brande, W. T. [William Thomas] (Ed. ) A Dictionary Of Science, Literature, And Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge.. .
NY Harper 1844 Hardcover Good+; VG internally, minor library marks, top of spine chipped, with 2" hinge cracks. 
Thick 8vo; Leather, all edges marbled, 1352p., text illusrations. **American Imprint #44-953. 
Price: 100.00 USD
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12 Cobb, Lyman The Reticule And Pocket Companion; Or, Miniature Lexicon Of The English Language.
NY Harper & Brothers 1836 Hardcover Quarter inch ink blot in imprint, lacks original spine but stitching and hinges are sound. 
Miniature; 48mo 3½" - 4" tall; Old black oilcloth over original leather covered boards, 9cm by 6.3cm, 818p., portrait. **The engraved title page reads: The Ladies Reticule Companion, or Little Lexicon of the English Language; dated 1834. American Imprint #36769. **This book was owned and inscribed by John E. Shaw, Co. F, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Shaw volunteered 10-12-1861, and was discharged 11-04-64. At the Battle of Chattanoga the 78th served in the 3rd Brigade under Brig. Gen. Starkweather. Shaw has put his name, unit, and location on five pages. One of them is dated June 4th, 1863. 
Price: 200.00 USD
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13 Davidson, Benjamin The Analytical Hebrew And Chaldee Lexicon
Peabody, MA Hendrickson [1984] Third Printing Hardcover Very Good 
8vo; 784 pages 
Price: 25.00 USD
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14 Gaudini, Joannis, SJ Thesaurus Trium Linguarum: Latinae, Gallicae, Graecae, Magno Vocum, Locutionumque Ex Optimus Scriptoribus...
Tutelae A. De Lagarde & S. Viallanes 1680 First Edition Leather Fair; old library stamp, front outer hinge cracked, corners broken 
4to; [17], 961, [1] pages; Printed in double columns, a tight sound copy. 
Price: 165.00 USD
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15 Hederico, Benjamine [Beniamine] Graecum Lexicon Manuale Tribus Partibus Constans Hermeneutica, Analytica Synthetica ...amendatum Cura Jo. Augusti Ernesti.
Lipsiae Joh. Frid. Gleditschii 1767 First Edition Hardcover Fair; library stamp on end paper, front inner hinge broken 
[9], 6-2279, [1], 6-878 pages; Boards (minor wear) , double columns. 
Price: 250.00 USD
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16 Hopkins, David A Vocabulary Persian, Arabic, And English; Abridged From The Quarto Edition Of Richardson's Dictionary...
London F. & C. Rivington, Et Al 1810 with no dust jacket; library marks on t. P. , boards detached 
Leather, viii, 643p. , double columns. **"...as edited by Charles Wilkins..." This is a tight clean copy 
Price: 200.00 USD
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17 Hunter, W. W. [William Wilson] A Comparative Dictionary Of The Languages Of India And High Asia With A A Dissertation. Based on the Hodgson Lists, Offical Records, and Mss.
London Trubner & Co. 1868 First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Front board detached, covers bowed, library release stamp on title page. 
Folio; [12], 218, [6] pages 
Price: 125.00 USD
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18 Inter-Territorial Language Committee. A Standard English-Swahili Dictionary, (Founded on Madan's English-Swahili Dictionary) .
Oxford University Press [1965] Hardcover Good 
24mo; [8], 635 pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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19 Lempriere, J. [John] A Classical Dictionary; Containing A Copious Account Of All The Proper Names Mentioned In Ancient Authors...
NY Samuel Campbell et al 1809 First American Edition Hardcover Good; lacks small blank corner of t. P. 
8vo 8" - 9" tall; Leather, with old pasted on suede cover, unpaginated. **"...with the value of coins, weights, and measures, used among the Greeks and Romans; and a chronological table." American Imprint #17904, as 736p. MWA and NIC are the only copies located. 
Price: 50.00 USD
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20 M'Culloch, J. R. & Daniel Haskel M'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer. A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical of the Various Countries, Places, and Principal Natural Objects in the World...
NY Harper & Brothers 1844 First American Edition Hardcover Very Good- 
tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Speckled leather, two black spine labels, 560p. **American Imprint 44-2921, in part: CSmH only. I-P, being part 3 of 4. Loosely inserted is the large folding map of Central America and the West Indies. 
Price: 65.00 USD
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