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Funk & Wagnalls, Inc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 813, 687 pages; CASSELL'S NEW GERMAN AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY WITH A PHONETIC KEY TO PRONUNCIATION [REVISED AND ENLARGED, 2 PARTS IN ONE VOL]. Green cloth. Indexed thumb notches. .

Boston,: Houghton and Mifflin. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Publisher's red cloth. Back hinge reglued. General wear. Various notes on front end papers. A must for the Dickens collector. .

Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Good with no dust jacket. 1920. Hardcover. Dictionary, French; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xxviii, 2270, [2] pages; Bound in 3/4 morocco leather/ Armorial bookplate of Edw. H Sehrt . Heavy and large, sound and clean contents. Spines damaged with losses to foot and crown- greater than shown in graphic. .

Wash DC: Library of Congress. Fine with no dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Books On Books; Bibliography; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 517 pages; High quality tipped-in color & b/w plates. Book is very clean, still in original publisher's shipping box which is somewhat aged. Contains 12 plates plus the color map endpapers. Extensive bibliography of books with numerous incunabula. .

Paris: Chez Fuchs,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1803. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 576 pages; Paper covered boards, foldout, table, etc. Paper spine label with loss into text on left side. Binding solid and text bright. Vol 5 [of 8]. .

Paris: Bouillon Emile. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1854-1888. First Edition (?). Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels ces estampes ont ete portees dans les ventes publiques en France et a l'etranger depuis un siecle. Ouvrage destine a faire suite au Manuel du Libraire et de l'amateur des livres par de J. C. Brunet. Rare, precious and interesting prints with an indication of their different conditions and prices at which these prints were leaders in public sales in France and abroad since a century ago. Alphabetical list of engravers and their workd. A few small textural drawings of TYPES, etc. French language. 3.4 ed morocco leather over marbled boards with matching end papers. 4 vols ct. Bound in silk marker… Read More

London: Collins. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Hardcover. Color maps; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" ; 1352 pages .

Tolouse: Sebastian Henault,. Good with no dust jacket. 1755. Hardcover. 18th; French Language; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Regia Parnassi, Seu Palatium Musarum In Quo Synonyma, Epitheta, Periphrases, et Phrases Poeticae, ex Officina Textoris, Delectu Epithetorum, Scala Parnassi...Contemp full leather, with red spine label. Corners worn/rounded, covers slightly bowed, minor external wear. [16], 744, [6] pp. Main portion of text is followed by the first 3 leaves of the "Table de la Quantite des Terminaisons & des Cremens...," but at least 4 subsequent leaves are lacking. Preliminary leaves slightly loose, lacking free eps, old red wax spots on pastedowns. Bit of dampstaining. Occasional small inkstains (mostly marginal). .

J. Neal,. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1826]. First Edition. Hardcover. Latin Language; Dictionary; Square 12mo 7" - 7½; xix, [1], 620 pages; Full bound in contemporaneous sheepskin leather. Text bulked but otherwise in quite sturdy with foxing. Rubbing to cover extremities. W/C locates 5 copies only. OCLC locates none. LOC shows none. Provenance- Henry C Risdon, civil war notable- two ornate ink stamps, small book plate and signature. Decreasing corner stain starting at the lower left binding lasting until page 50. Scarce. .

Howlett-West, Stephanie. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Plastic comb binding. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Whistles, wings & wheels. A price guide for transportation books 1997. Unpaginated, aprox 800pp. .