Reference: Dictionary from The Owl at the Bridge

"...despite repressive attitudes toward female assertiveness, women writers flourished in every stratum of eighteenth-century society-- aristocratic, working, and middle class-- through an extensive network of female, and occasionally male, patronage. During the years 1660 to 1800 "[w]riting became for the first time a respectable occupation rather than a sign of loose morals... many gifted women, while adapting to the constraints… Read more about this item

"This book is intended to serve the needs of a variety of readers, including students of music history and performance, amateur musicians, and those who simply listen to music and occasionally read about it. Its subject is principally the tradition of Western concert music." vii, 577 pages, illus.; Good+ but dust jacket front torn. Dated marker inscription… Read more about this item

Bibliography, Librarianship, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Genealogy, Biography, the Humanities, Social Sciences, History & area studies, pure & applied sciences; more! xx, 741 pages; ex-Brown University Library with bookplate & stamp; green boards; Good. Stock#ofc0383.

An ample dictionary reference to English literature. xii, 1155 pages; binding shaken, dust jacket edges chipped, owner blindstamp on first flyleaf; withal Good. Stock#ofc0362.

"Ogni uomo sa che la parola è mezzo di rappresentare il pensiero; ma pochi si accorgono che la progressione, l'abbondanza e l'economia del pensiero son effetti della parola" -- Ugo Foscolo. xxi, 1096 pages, thumb indexed; publisher's green boards, spine stamped in gold; cover edges rubbed; spine slightly cocked; no dust jacket; Good. Stock#ofc0338.

List of abbreviations; key to pronunciation; German-English dictionary with Index of German names, German abbreviations, Chemical elements, German irregular verbs, German weights and measures; English-German dictionary with English abbreviations, index of English names, and strong and anomalous verbs. xix, 630, 619 pages; publisher's black cloth, spine stamped in gold; no dj; edges & corners rubbed; Good+. Stock#ofc0337.

xxiii, 251 pages; ex-library with release stamps; corner torn from last page; withal good+. Stock#ofc0117.

Avenel Books, NY ['1978 Printing']. Reprint of the edition published by Delacorte Press.. Hard Cover. lxxix, 832 p., index; 23.5 cm.; dj; pages darkened; near fine. Includes a Topical Index, itself cross-indexed. stock#100366. Literary reference.

N.Y., Signet/NAL [1958].. Soft Cover. xii, 671 p., 18 cm. 5,000 word entries often with examples, definitions, explanations. A reminder that the two laanguages differ. Stock# 32,694. Good, paper darkened/ paper.

N.Y., Dolphin/Doubleday, 1979. . Soft Cover. 179 p. 'A layman's guide to legalese. Over 2500 commonly-used terms and phrases clearly and precisely defined.' Stock #26553. Vg/paper. Law Language

Quadrangle / New York Times Book Co.. Hard Cover. x, 276 p.; 24 cm. "This unconventional dictionary lists an alphabetical array of meanings that lead you to words you couldn't quite remember (or never knew)." Dj has 2 small chips in rear; ink owner name; VG. Stock#37488 (iab).

N.Y., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Hard Cover. 332 p.24 cm. Alphabetically arranged biographies of 600 men and womn who influenced modern history. Stock #28,364. Vg/dj vg.

Paris, Larousse [1971]. Dictionary of over 150 cathedrals of France. Soft Cover. 255 pages, illus.; 17.5 cm. Vg/ paper. Stock#40430.

Harmondsworth, Penguin, [ 1988, c1983]. Soft Cover. xiv, 457p ; 19.5 cm. Series: The Open University Set Book. First pub. 1959; previous ed.: 1976. "Short biographies of nearly 1,000 painters, sculptors, and engravers." Stock# 40.428. Good+/ paper.

N.Y., Crown, 1964. Hard Cover. ['Ninth Printing, October, 1964']. x, 278 p., indexes; dj chipped, pencil owner's name, else VG. 'the quickest way to identify American, English and European porcelain'; includes 5000 marks, listed by prominent feature and cross-referenced by geographical location, factory or family name of manufacturer, type of ware, method of producing the mark, color… Read more about this item