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
Paris and London: The Berlitz School, 1916. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Browning to spine panel and edges of boards. Minor wear to hinges and edges of boards. Illustrated with some illustrations in full color. Occasional smudge marks to interior but clean overall. A few previous owner markings to endpapers. In addition to lessons, it includes readings, basic vocabulary, and six songs in French with musical scores. 112 pages. CHILD/062520. Very Good. 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
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1876. Hardcover. VG in red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and design on spine. Raised bands. Front board detached. Interior is clean and bright. 2040 pp., plus supplement. Reference. REF107261. 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
Boston: The Writer, Inc., 1998. Boards. Very good plus thick 8vo., black cloth boards w/white ink title to spine. In very good plus d.j. (no chipping) Interior is tight and clean. An extremely comprehensive guide. Index, 898 pp. Reference REF/5283. Very Good +. 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
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1888. Hardcover. Very good minus in tan cloth with gilt lettering. Ex library, with call number on spine, library plate on front endpaper, and stamps in a couple of places. Clean and tight overall. Reference. REF1/9210. Very Good -. 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: Appleton and Company, 1900. Hardcover. very good in leather backed black cloth coverd boards. Repairs have been made to the head and foot of spine. Minor rubbing to spine. Thick 8vo. 766 pp. Reference. REF111291. 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
Baltimore: Peabody Institute Library, 1966. Paperback. VG in wraps. Signed by Editor. A companion for an exhibit displayed in 1965. With index 45 pp. Reference. REF/3063. 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
London: Dictionary of International Biography, 1963. Hardcover. Vg in red boards/frontis. Reference. REF109291. 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, 1968. Hardcover. Vg in red boards Reference. REF409291. 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
London: Melrose Press, Ltd., 1972. Hardcover. Vg in red boards/frontis. Reference. REF309291. Very Good. More
Cambridge: International Biographical Centre, 1979. Hardcover. Vg in red boards Reference. REF209291. Very Good. More
New York and Tokyo: John Weatherhill Inc, 1972. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Very clean interior with tight binding. Signed by previous owner on ffep. Cock to spine. Grey dj with red spine panel and black title to spine. Very minor wear to edges of dj. A useful reference for any student of Japanese. Preface and notes are in English; Index with characters and translation are in Japanese. 359 pp. JAP/071705. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. More
Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1950. Hardcover. Vg in blue boards/8vo./152 pp.+ 32 pp. booklet laid-in entitled, Key to the Exercises of Bahasa Indonesia. Reference. REF1/3212. 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. 270 pages plus 514 pages of appendices.The last page, 515, of the appendix section is missing. Stiill an desirable copy of this scarce study of the infamous Thugs of India. IND/070722. Very Good. More
Paris: Baudry, Librairie Europeenne, 1852. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in full tree-calf binding with gilt title and decoration to spine. Wear to edges and spine ends. Front board is loose though binding remains tight. Marbled end pages and foreedge. Minor foxing throughout though text remains clean and bright. 724 pages. Reference/french language. FRELANG1/2042. 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
Boston: Lilly and Watt, 1831. Paperback. Part I only. Very good in original wraps. Reference. ENC6/3230. Very Good. More