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| ASH, John. |
THE NEW AND COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.... To which is prefixed a Compendious Grammar. |
£ 750.00 |
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London. Edward & Charles Dilly. 1775. 2 vols. pp. (iv), 3 - 28. No further pagination - B1 - 4G4; *4G - 7M1. (623; 584). Printed in double columns. 8vo in 4s. Modern full calf, new endpapers. First Edition Variant 2 with no price at foot of title page and 'compendious' rather than 'comprehensive' in title. Alston V 288.
Reference: 77080
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| BAILEY, N. |
AN UNIVERSAL ETYMOLOGICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY: comprehending The Derivations of the Geneerality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Mofdern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman and Modern French, Teitonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their Proper Characters....... |
£ 1,500.00 |
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London. For E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Caly, J. Batley, and E. Symon. 1721. Unnumbered pagination (xii), a - Cccccc2. 8vo in 4s. Modern full calf, new endpapers. Printed in double columns, title slightly browned, some staining to top and centre of first few gathering. 1st edition of Bailey's Dictionary which went into many editions and preceeded Johnson's by 34 years. With the bookplate of John P. Bennett FRCS. (1939 - 2018). Bennett was a plastic surgeon but he also studied bookbinding and I would suggest that this is one of his bindings. He was a Member of the Society of Bookbinders, an associate member of Designer Bookbinders and a life member of the Bibliographical Society. An interesting association copy.
Reference: 67160
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| BARRERE, Albert. |
ARGOT AND SLANG. A new French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang terms and Flash Phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris. |
£ 20.00 |
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London. Whittaker & Co. 1902. pp. lx, 483. 8vo. Quarter cloth, with cloth boards. Spine dulled. A New Edition. A good copy.
Reference: 117687
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| BROCKETT, John Trotter. |
A GLOSSARY OF NORTH COUNTRY WORDS, in use. From an original Manuscript, in the Library of John George Lambton, Esq., M.P. with considerable Additions. |
£ 120.00 |
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Newcastle upon Tyne. T & J Hodgson for E. Charnley. 1825. pp. xxxvi, 243, errata. Engraved dedication before the titlepage. 8vo. Modern boards & spine label. 2 ink notations in text. 1st edition.
Reference: 10893
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| DAVIES, Rev John. |
ON CELTIC WORDS used by Early English Writers. |
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Reprinted from the Cambrian Journal Vol II. Tenby. R. Mason. 1855. pp. 22. 8vo. Later wrapper. Slightly browned.
Reference: 9809
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| DYER, G. |
A RESTORATION OF THE ANCIENT MODES OF BESTOWING NAMES ON THE RIVERS, HILLS, VALLIES, PLAINS, AND SETTLEMENTS OF BRITAIN; Recorded by no Ancient, nor explored by any Modern Author. |
£ 50.00 |
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Exemplified in the Derivation of Roman-british, and later Denominations of Districts, Names of the principal Towns, and Appellations of the Features of Nature. From which nearly All the Explanations given to these Terms, by Verstegan, Skinner, Vallancey, Bryant, Borlase, Whitaker, Pryce, Macpherson, and other Etymologists, are shewn to be unfounded. To this Treatise are prefixed, the Principles by which Names were originally formed, from their primitive Gaelic Roots. Exeter. G. Dyer. 1805. pp. 295, (ix) of index. 8vo. Modern, contemporary style, full calf with pine labels. Pencil notations on the endpapers and occasionally in the margins.
Reference: 161380
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| GHIRARDINI, Alessandro. |
STUDJ SULLA LINGUA UMANA sopra alcune antiche inscrizioni e sulla ortografia Italiana. |
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Milano. Tipografia della Societa Cooperativa. 1869. pp. xii, 272, 144, 129, (i). Royal 8vo. Half calf, marbled boards, hinges rubbed.
Reference: 146564
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| GROSE, Francis. |
A PROVINCIAL GLOSSARY; with A Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions. |
£ 150.00 |
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London. Edward Jeffrey. 1811. pp. iv, 124. Medium 4to. Original boards, paper spine with label. A new edition, corrected. With the bookplate of D.W.S Gray, the editior of the Cherryburn Times, the Journal of the Bewick Society, and with the armorial bookplate of Rev. I. G. Spurgeon, Vice President of the Suffolk Humane Society at Lowestoft.
Reference: 4943
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| GROSE, Francis. |
THREE WORKS - A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE. Second Edition; LEXICON BALATRONICUM. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence.; A PROVINCIAL GLOSSARY with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions. A New Edition, corrected. |
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London. S. Hooper; C. Chappel; Edward Jeffrey. 1788; 1811; 1811. 3 works bound together. pp. xv, (128), (iv) of adverts; viii, (112); viii, 304. 8vo. Half calf, marbled boards. A very small amount of ink marginalia.
Reference: 64410
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| JOHNSON, Richard. |
GRAMMATICAL COMMENTARIES: Being an Apparatus to a new National Grammar: By way of Animadversion upon the Falsities, Obscurities, Redundancies, and defects of Lilly's System Now in Use. |
£ 175.00 |
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London. For the Author. 1718. pp. (xxxii), 408, 27, errata. 1 table folded. 8vo in 4s. Full calf, spine with gilt decoration, darkened. With the bookplate of Lord Sandys. Inscribed on title page 'Jn Hancock 16 Mar 1720'. First published in 1706.
Reference: 21798
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| JOHNSON, Samuel. |
A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed A History of the Language, and An English Grammar. |
£ 100.00 |
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London. G and J Offor, W. Allason et al. 1819. 2 vols. pp. 12, 60, 1029; 1084. Frontis - Vol I, foxed and title offset. 4to. Full modern cloth, new endpapers. A tidy copy. ADDITIONAL SHIPPING REQUIRED.
Reference: 10106
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| KELHAM, Robert. |
A DICTIONARY OF THE NORMAN OR OLD FRENCH LANGAUGE; Collected from such Acts of Parliament, Parliament Rolls, Journals, Acts of Satte, Records, Law Books, Ancient Historians, and Manuscripts as relates to this Nation. |
£ 380.00 |
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To which are added The Laws of William the Conqueror. London. Edward Brooke. 1779. pp. viii,259, xii, 88. 8vo. Full calf, hinges rubbed but holding. 1st edition.
Reference: 14918
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| MINSHEU, John. |
THE GUIDE INTO THE TONGUES. With their agreement and consent one with another, as also their Etymologies, that is, the Reasons and Derivations of all or the most part of words, in these nine Languages, viz. 1 English. 2 Low Dutch. 3 High Dutch. 4 French. 5. Italian. 6. Spanish. 7. Latine. 8. Greeke. 9 Hebrew. |
£ 750.00 |
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London. John Haviland. 1627. pp. (iv), A6 - Ii4. 8vo in 6's. Full, modern, contemporary style calf. N6 bottom corner torn away, very slightly affecting the text. Small library stamp on front free endpaper. 2nd edition.
Reference: 14519
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| RANESINGHE, W.P. |
THE SINHALESE LANGUAGE: Its Origin and Structure. Part 1. |
£ 275.00 |
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Being an analysis of the relation in which Sinhalese stands to Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and to the Aryan Dialects of India. Colombo. George J.A. Skeen. 1900. pp. viii, 53. 8vo. Half cloth, printed boards. Original wrapper bound in. Some staining of title, preface and last 2 leaved. Part 1 only - I can find no evidence that further Parts were published.
Reference: 9517
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| SCHON, Rev. J.F. |
GRAMMAR OF THE HAUSA LANGUAGE. |
£ 60.00 |
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London. Church Missionary House. 1862. pp. (ii), xiv, viii, 234. 8vo. Modern contemporary style half calf, marbled baords, new endpapers. Faded ink corrections throughout the text. James Frederick Schon was a German missionary and linguist. The Hausa people are mostly found in southern Niger and northern Nigeria.
Reference: 24497
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| SIMPSON, J.A. and E.S.C. Weiner. |
THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Second Edition. |
£ 350.00 |
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Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1989. 20 vols. 4to. All with D/Ws and with their original boxes. Near mint set. ADDITIONAL SHIPPING REQUIRED - IN 5 BOXES- TOTAL WEIGHT 75 KILOS
Reference: 65760
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| SINCLAIR, John. |
OBSERVATIONS ON THE SCOTTISH DIALECT. |
£ 275.00 |
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London. W. Strahan & T. Cadell; Edinburgh. W. Creech. 1782. pp. (viii), 232. 8vo. Half calf, marble boards, respined retaining original label, new endpapers. ESTC T98144
Reference: 12294
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| WALKER, William. BD. Formerly Master of Louth Scholl, and of the Free-School in Grantham. |
A TREATISE OF ENGLISH PARTICLES, shewing Much of the Variety of their Significations and Uses in English: The Thirteenth Edition. |
£ 175.00 |
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London. J.H. for E. Pawlett. 1706. pp. (xvi) 462, (i), (xlvi) of index, (ii) of adverts. Engraved title. 8vo. Later contemporary style calf. Binding slightly tight. Inscribed on front free endpaper 'Samuel Sandys His Book 1710/11' Alstonn III 171
Reference: 432630
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