Losanna: A. Fischer & L. Vincent, 1799. Good+ full leather w/gilt bands and floral motif to spine. Red leather pastedown w/gilt title on spine. Heavy scuffing, edgewear. Browning to interior, no writing. Binding tight throughout. In great condition considering its age. 580 pp. Dictionary. DIC/3043. More

New York: M.D. Berlitz, 1905. Hardcover. Vg in dark blue and gilt boards/8vo./German how-to title Reference. REF1/2112. Very Good. More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. Hardcover. Fine green boards with bright gilt on spine (no foxing or fading). Pages bright; ex libris; original letter from author inside; 547 pp. Textbook. REF/10032. Fine. More

London: Guild Publishing, 1988. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Text is clean and tight. Illustrated throughout. 472 pp. Reference. REF/8062. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More

Hertford: Stephen Austin, No date, circa late 19th century. Paperback. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT COVER. Very good in beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Small closed tear to back wrap. Minor browning and wear to edges. From the Author written on front wrapper in upper right-hand corner. Sporatic foxing throughout. Text is bright. 36 pages. Linguistics. LIN111101. Very Good. More

New York: Dick and Fitzgerald Publishers, (1883). Pamphlet. Good+ softcover. Front wrapper is missing. Rear wrapper appears to be a replacement. Interior is clean and bright. 172 Etiquette. REF/6122. Very Good. More

Paris: Ch. Fourat et Fils, 1883. Hardcover. Vg in full leather/8vo./gilt lettering to spine with raised bands/marbled endpapers/light wear to front cover Reference. REF1/4042. Very Good. More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. Hardcover. Revised American Edition, with many illustrations. Bound in three quarter tan leather over marbled paper covered boards. Title label is heavily chipped and mostly gone. Rubbing and scuffing to spine and boards and edges. Inner front and rear hinges are starting. Full marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Interior is clean overall with occasional spots of foxing / soiling to margins - heaviest on first few pages. Previous owner's name in pen to title page. 1058 pages with 2 pages of ads. REF/112122. Very Good. More

London: Dictionary of International Biography Company, 1969, 6th Edition. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/both volumes Reference. REF109101 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Very Good. More

Cambridge: International Biographical Centre, 1979. Hardcover. Vg in red boards Reference. REF209291. Very Good. More

Leipzig (Lipsiae): Gottfried Liebezeit, 1692. Hardcover. This is an important early Hebrew-Chaldean-Latin biblical lexicon. Its author, Heinrich Opitz, was the son of a silk merchant and was appointed to the court orchestra of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II at the age of thirteen because of his early interest in singing and music . In 1662, Opitz began studying at the University of Wittenberg, later the University of Jena , where he received a master's degree in 1665 . He next stayed in Leipzig and Hamburg and studied oriental languages. In 1667 Opitz traveled to Kiel. There he became a private lecturer. Another three years later he was granted a tour of the Netherlands and England in the course of studying oriental languages. To expand his knowledge, he visited the libraries in Leiden and Utrecht . In London he visited the royal library; at the same time he became friends with another orientalist, Edmund Castle . Opitz next stayed in Oxford and excerpted oriental manuscripts . He then returned to Kiel, but he couldn't find a job there and moved on to Jena. There he worked as an adjunct in the university's philosophy faculty . In 1675 he received a professorship for the Greek language in Kiel , three years later he became professor of oriental languages and in 1689 both professor and doctor of theology. In 1704 Opitz became senior consistorial councilor. Particularly noteworthy among his writings are his “Novum lexicon Hebraeo-Chaldaeo-biblicum”, Lips. 1692, 3rd edition 1714, and his “Biblia Hebraica”, Jena 1709, 2nd edition 1712. He worked on this work with great care for 30 years. He corrected each printed sheet himself six times. Both of these works continued to be used for many decades [Wikipedia]. Bound in contemporary vellum with titling to spine. Vellum is soiled, bumped and abraded. The front cover is slightly bowed. Joints are tender and the hinges are cracked, although the text block is still tight and firm. Front pastedown is cracked, revealing board underneath. Frontispiece engraving of author. Text pages are browned but still quite legible. Tiny ink annotations in the margins of many pages. Page edges are brownish red with a somewhat decorative design hand done in dark brown. There are also some handwritten notes in Hebrew and Latin to rear free endpapers. Apparently ex-library with tiny blank sticker to spine, acquisition number handwritten on front pastedown, and mostly illegible stamp to front free endpaper. A page with a typed in English with title, date and "on vellum" on later piece of paper is inserted opposite the front pastedown. It erroneously states that the book was printed in Hamburg. A nice copy in about very good condition despite flaws. Measures 6.5 x 8 inches. (12) +1095 pages. REL/091323. Very Good -. More

Calcutta: G.H. Huttmann, Military Orphan Press, 1836. Hardcover. First edition. Sir William Henry "Thuggee" Sleeman (1788 - 1856) sailed to India to work for the East India Company early in life. He fought in the Gorkha War, remained in India, and joined a British campaign to investigate and prosecute "the Thugs" in Central India. "The Thugs" were a group of people notorious for befriending travelers, then robbing and murdering them. Sleeman spent most of his military career studying and apprehending thugs. This book collects correspondence between Sleeman and various informants, depositions, accounts of crimes committed and arrests, observations about the Thugs, lists of Thug families, and a list of Thug vocabulary with definitions. Bound in blue cloth covered boards. Professionally rebacked using the original spine and boards. Spine has faded to tan and boards are dark blue. Original paper title label to spine. Some soiling and rubbing to spine and boards. Wear and fraying to corners and edges of boards. Light dampstain to top and bottom margins of some pages. Sporadic foxing and occasional pencil markings. Includes three fold-out genealogies, some with short closed tears. It is missing the called for fourth leaf and the five page preface. 270 pages plus 514 pages of appendices. The last page, 515, of the appendix section is missing. Still an desirable copy of this scarce study of the infamous Thugs of India. (Text pages of the preface and 515 are provided in facsimlie.) IND/070722. Very Good. More

New York: Jason Aronson, 1973. Hardcover. Volume I: Understanding the Symbolic Meaning of Language and Vol 2: Understanding the Unconcious Meaning of Language. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spines. Clean, tight interiors. Orange and green dust jackets with white titles to spines. Vol I, 498 pages; Vol II, 437 pages. REF/050206. Very Good in Very Good dj. More