[Thumb index edition]. In two volumes; with more than 3, 800 pages, thumb indexes, patterned endpapers; demy 4to; navy cloth, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt & blind; speckled edges; dust wrappers, edges lightly rubbed, and slightly chipped and split for Volume 2; half-title pages of both volumes and lower..... More
Pp. xxx+610, printed double column; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light bruise to fore-corner of lower board; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Cassell, London, 1994. New edition. *Originally published in 1992 as Brewer's Names. 'Includes place-names from around the world; first names, surnames and trade names; names of..... More
Pp. [ii]+xxxvi+260(last blank), 8 plates, 5 full page maps, chronology, bibliography, appendices; grey cloth, spine and upper board blocked in black and lettered & ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle warped; The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Lanham, MD, 1999. First U.S. edition. Historical Dictionaries of Cities of the World, No..... More
Pen Pictures of the People Behind our Language. With illustrations by John Nicolson. Pp. 176(mostly printed double column), text illustrations, index; boards slightly faded at edges, the top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; free..... More
Based on The Pocket Oxford Dictionary of Current English, first edited by F. G. and H. W. Fowler. Pp. xxiv+992(most printed double column, the last 17 pages blank, for notes), appendix; thick f'cap. 8vo; dark green leather, spine lettered in gilt; a.e.g.; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and slightly scuffed, edges..... More
with the value of coins, weights, and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table. Pp. xxxvi+668(last blank), mostly printed double column, title page printed in red & black; cr. 8vo; navy calf, spine decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title..... More
A dictionary of Australianisms on historical principles. Pp. xvi+814, select bibliography; thick demy 4to; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. More
One man, one year, 21,730 pages. Pp. xvi+224(last blank), further reading; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; title page faintly soiled on reverse; Viking, Melbourne, 2008. First Australian edition. *'Filled with lexicographical revelations and miscellaneous marginalia' [wrapper blurb]. More
A popular guide to words in the news. Pp. xii+322; med. 8vo; slight bruise at head of spine; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle creased and split; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991. First edition. *'Spin doctor, fun run, insider trading, genetic fingerprinting, thirtysomething, designer water, liposuction, Cablevision, gentrification, intifada..... More
Pp. 88, indices; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip browned; bookplate on upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves faintly foxed; James Bennett, Sydney, 1966. First Australian edition. The Readers Guide series. *'The aim of this work..... More