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New York: Hawthorn Books, 1967. Ex-library with traditional markings. Jacket covered in mylar. 155 pages. Pencilled price on fep. Volume 1 of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism. We have many other volumes of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Coward-McCann Inc., 1946. Ex-library with typical treatments. Green cloth cover with gilt titles; wear to top and bottom of spine. Bumped corners; light soil to covers. Pencilled price on fep. 188 clean pages from A. to Zoochem. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Coward-McCann Inc., 1940. 8vo size gray clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 133 lightly toned pages with black and white decorations. From preface: "This book is made up of other books and my enthusiasms. I have turned over half a library to put it together. If it makes you begin to turn over half a library for yourself, it shall have accomplished its purpose." From jacket: "(the author) has divided (this book) into 12 sections, according to the months of the year, each of which is broken down into variously sized chapters containing suggestions for reading appropriate to the particular month at hand...he has included a generous sprinkling of lively anecdotes and epigrams that will delight the mind as well as add a tonic touch to lagging conversations. In addition he gives the reader a monthly "birthday box," a selection of 10 authors, both classic and contemporary, at lease some of whose birthdays may be celebrated each month by reading from their works.… Read More

Chicago: Spencer Press, Inc., 1953. In two volumes, both included. Green leatherette with gilt titles and decorations on spine and covers. Bumped head and heel of spine, edgewear. Volume 1 is A to Patras; 888 toned pages. Volume 2 is Patria to Zyrian and supplements; it finished with 1,432 pages, followed by Encyclopedic Supplements: synonyms and antonyms; Popular Quotations; Classical Mythology; Foreign Words and Phrases; Students' and Authors' Manual; Secretaries' Guide; Business Law for Laymen; Business and Finance. "The Story of America in Pictures" then follows with many black and white illustrations. We noted a little separation in seam here. No extra shipping for these two heavy, substantial volumes if sent by US Media Mail. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. . Leatherette. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc, 1953. Containing more than 120,000 principal and subsidiary terms, with idioms and technical usages; new pronouncing keys and the fundamental forms of the irregular verbs Revised and enlarged by Lewis E Brett (Part I) and Helen S Eaton, with the assistance of Walter Beveraggi-Allende (Part II) 4th Edition 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with gilt title on spine and front cover. Lovely publisher's logo executed in gilt on front cover; paginated in two parts: Part I: 697 pages and Part II: 575 pages. Bumped and worn head and heel of spine and corners. Half inch cut to top of back board. Name on fep. Light soil or discoloration on blank fep and inseam of English title page; rubbing to back cover and gilt titles on spine are dull. Family historians: the name in the book is R L Clevenger. This book weighs more than 3 pounds boxed. No extra shipping if sent via US Media Mail.. 4th. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1944. 354 page ex-library with typical markings. Front hinge split at pastedown to webbing. Bumped corners, several tears to spine, wear to covers and at top and bottom of spine, edgewear and small ding on front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Third revised edition. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 3rd. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1990. Rare Edition: Authorized for sale only in the (former) Soviet Union Published in 1990 Text is in English except for the title page and publication information page which are in Russian, with some English on publication information page. 8vo size marble patterned hardcover with silver foil titles on spine and front cover; 284 pages The volume is divided into two parts: a lengthy introduction section and the dictionary. The Introduction includes: Grammatical Collocations Lexical Collocations Arrangement of Entries Style Guide Abbreviations Lightly bumped head and heel of spine and three of four corners; light spot on front cover, rubbing to silver titles. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1921. Unnumbered, about 150 toned pages. Biographical sketches From John Abbey to Bernhard Ziehn. Pronunciation guide. List of Abbreviations. We note only page slightly wrinkled at top. Dark tan hardcover with black titles and decorations. Edgewear, wear to head and heel of spine, worn corners. Price sticker, name and address on fep. Cover has some light rings, a tiny spot on bottom near edge and several, small light spots on back. Spine is darkened and has some scratches. Quotes are for illustrative purposes and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 3rd. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Harvard Club of Boston, 1983. 12mo size trade paperback; 227 pages Contents include: Homage to the Harvard Club of Boston A Brief History of the Harvard Club of Boston Harvard Club of Boston Foundation Alphabetical List of Members Members Listed by Class and/or Schools Edgewear and moderate wear to covers, creased spine, penciled price on fep. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Private Press.

New York: A.L. Burt Company Circa 1920s or earlier. Thin red cloth boards with gilt titles on sunned spine. In two parts: English to Spanish 218 pages and Spanish to English. 255 pages. Pencilled notation on inside cover, name on fep, bumped corners and head and heel of spine. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Jamaica Plain, MA: Institute for Cultural Landscape Studies;, 1999. 8vo size staple bound booklet with illustrated covers; 31 pages. Foreword by Robert E Cook, Director of Arnold Arboretum Contents include: Chronology Eliot Commissions Bibliography Charles Eliot (1859 - 1897) was a landscape architect who was a pioneer in conservation, landscape planning and development. His design of urban landscapes in Greater Boston still exist today. There is a very brief biography of the author on reverse of fep. There are some very small creases around the stapled binding. . Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

New York: Viking Press, 1953. Both volumes are 8vo size gray hardcovers with black title block and decorations on spine and front cover and red topstain Volume 1: A-K 676 pages with some black and white illustrations. Endpapers are color maps of the world. Spine is cocked, head and heel of spine and bottom corners are bumped. Top stain has a few light spots and there is shelfsoil to the bottom fore-edge. Pages 528/529 have been darkened by a newspaper clipping tucked inside. The clipping, which we've left in place, dated 1954, is about Thoreau. Several page tips are creased and there is a small abrasion on fep where sticker was removed. Volume 2: L-M pagination continues from first volume to page 1,398 with some black and white illustrations. Endpapers are color maps of the world. Spine is cocked, head and heel of spine and bottom corners are bumped. Top stain has a few light spots and there is shelfsoil to the bottom fore-edge. There is a one inch tear to front spine seam, one page… Read More

New York: Facts on File Publications, 1984. 4to size hardcover with dust jacket; 645 pages Contents include: Comprehensive Word Lists High Scoring Word Lists Words Containing J Words Containing Q Words Containing X Words Containing Z The book has bumped corners and head and heel of spine and edgewear. Jacket has overall wear and is tattered at top and bottom with small chips and tears and some rubbing on back cover. This book weighs almost 4 pounds. There are no extra shipping charges if sent via US Media Mail.. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1965. Signed (first name only) and inscribed by author on fep. The author was a colorful Chicago area judge who wrote 18 books on speaking and quotations. This volume has a gift inscription on fep. (The Adele mentioned in the inscription is indeed the author's wife.) Mr. Braude died in 1970. 8vo size navy blue leatherette hardcover with gilt titles on spine; 110 clean, cream colored pages. Edgewear, bumped and worn head and heel of spine. Binding is cracked at title page and there is a small abrasion on title page where sticker was removed. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. Leatherette. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

910667: Frederick Fell, 2004. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. 282 bright, white pages. One previously folded page corner, slight wear to corners and light shelf soil to bottom. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. Revised. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1939. 567 pages to this small, thick volume. Based on Sir Paul Harvey's Oxford Companion to English Literature. Navy blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine. 567 pages. Preface by John Mulgan. From Abana and Pharpar to Zwingli, Ulrich. Bumped head and heel of spine, bumped and worn lower corners and a white scuff to spine. Pages are tanned and front pastedown is cracked. Bottom page tips from 555 to end of book are bumped. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Carl Fisher, 1960. "Concise definitions of terms and phrases in general use in music, together with a treatise on the rudiments of music." copyright 1905, Circa 1943 - 1962 since it has an early one digit New York zip code on cover (five digit zips weren't introduced until July 1963.) The presentation date of 1960 on inside cover may be the year of publication. 5.75 inch tall by 4.5 inches wide; softcover with stapled binding; 94 pages. Edgewear; Merry Christmas is screened across front cover and is rubbed at end; name written inside front cover, creased bottom front corner and crease on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Barcelona: Bibliograf, 1983. 370 bright, white pages. Edgewear and some rubbing to jacket. Edgewear to book. Spanish language dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 4th. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 1960. 96 clean, toned pages. Cloth bound softcover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1988. 12mo size trade paperback; 134 pages. From back of book: "If you are word-curious, you can use this book to figure out what a micromere is or what pododynia means. If you are a student of medicine or biology, you can use it as a shortcut to mastering the nomenclature of your field. Packed within the pages of this dictionary are some 10,000 listings, with directions for using the roots, rules for pronouncing and formulating scientific names." Edgewear, large sticker on back cover, creased tip of top front corner, blemish on top right corner where sticker was removed. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.