Dictionaries from Attic Books

Stuttgart: S. Hirzel, 1981. Second edition reprint. Hardcover. Near fine. Originally published in Leipzig by Hirzel 1905-6. 3 vols.: 1282; 1238; 1464 columns. 27 cm. Quarter black faux lather with grey cloth boards. Some light scratches to exterior. Gilt wearing off spine ends. German fraktur text.

New York, nd. ca. 1890. Fair. One two-sided 28 cm page. Three b&w illustrations of a dictionary holder. Tears in edges. Lists prices for three versions of the holder. Other side lists new Funk & Wagnalls biographical publications ca. 1890 including Herny Ward Beecher, John Calvin, Abraham Lincoln, etc.

Penguin Books, 2005. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. xlv, 650 p. 21 cm. White hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket.

Paris: Richard, Caille et Ravier, An IX (ca. 1800). Nouvelle Edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols.: 628; 723 p. 21 cm. Leather spines with paper covered boards. Spines torn, boards rubbed, edges and corners worn. Ink signatures, labels and stamps on front pastedowns. Some foxing. French text.

Lyon: Pierre Bruyset-Ponthus, 1786. Leatherbound. Very good. 2 Vols.: 615; 783 p. 18 cm full leather bindings with gilt and raised bands on spine. Marbled end papers. Light bumping on spine and corners. A chips along extremes of spines. Label residue on front paste down of vol. 1. A small stain on bottom front edge of 2nd… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. Limited edition of 500 copies. Hardcover. Fine. 84 p. 33 cm. Illustrated with a matched pair of original leaves. Quarter blue cloth with blue paper boards.

London: Innys et al, 1755. Leatherbound. Fair. Unpaginated. 21 cm. Engraved frontispiece. Ninth edition. Full leather with raised bands is scuffed and corners worn. Covers rolling back at spine. Ink signature of former owner from 1866 on front pastedown. Ink notes title page, rear endpaper, much ink spilled on text block edge. Small hole in front loose endpaper.… Read more about this item

London: James Cochrane and Co., 1835. Quarter Leather. Good. ccxxi, 453 p. 30 cm. Engraved plate in introduction. Half leather with paper boards. Spine badly chipped, corners and edges worn. Front cover has label for the "Book Society, Clinton Arms Inn, Newark" with accompanying bookplate on front pastedown. "Literary Gazette" review has been pasted on front free endpaper.… Read more about this item