Search Results: Dictionaries & Languages from Loe Books

Yokohama, Shanghai, Hongkong and Singapore: Kelly and Walsh Ltd, 1911. Book. Good. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi,188. Contemporary half leather binding with brown cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, leather chipped to the head of the spine, cloth a little marked, but binding remains strong. Contents clean and tight, pencil signature and date. A good strong tight copy. Scarce.

Madrid: Imprenta Real Por Don Pedro Julian Pereyra, Impresor De Camara, 1797. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (21 x 28cm). Parte Segunda (Second Part): Tomo (vol.) I: A-K; Tomo (vol.) II : L-Z; pp. 725 + 672. Contemporary full brown polished sheep binding with red and black title pables, gilt decoration to spines, gilt dentelles; very good with some general wear and rubbing, slightly scuffed to head/tail of the spine and corners with some wear, slight worming, but bindings remains strong and attractive. Contents clean and tight, original marbled end papers, some pages browned and lightly stained, a little worming but very few letters affected. A good to very good set..

London: Debrett's/Webb & Bower, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 208 pages, in Fine condition in a very good but plain DJ, The rear end paper is torn. A thoroughly good guide to tracing your ancestry..

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

London: The Gregg Press Limited, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. This copy from the library of the great botanist W. T. Stearn with his bookplate and signature to the front end paper. 1964 reprint of the original 1897 edition; pp. vi, 358. Original hardback binding very good, contents clean and tight, unmarked. [Prof. William Stearn "doyen of British botanists" who wrote c. 500 papers and books, including the classic "Botanical Latin". He was an authority on Linnaeus and an expert on botanical illustration.].

London: Printed for the Author, 1766. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo. pp. xxix, [5], 262. (the last page here, which is part of the Appendix of the General Post-Office is p. 262, but at the foot of the page is the catchword 'of' which suggests that this copy is missing the last page) Contemporary full sheep binding, worn and chipped, joints cracked but boards holding, spine cracked. Contents good and clean, bookblock cracked at pp. 72/73 but holding together by cords, a number of contemporary and early inscriptions to the front free endpaper and front blank. A good copy, ideally in need of rebinding. Very Scarce..

London: William Heinemann, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to (16 x 23cm). pp. xxxi, [1], 1252. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing, neat gilt stamped no. to the base of the spine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions, slight reading wear. A very good copy. Scarce..

Bombay: Popular Book Department, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free end paper. 200 pages + 2 adverts. Dust jacket a little marked and worn with a few short tears, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Hardback binding very good. Contents clean and tight..

Sierra Leone: Government Printing Office, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fisrt Edition. 8vo. 157 pages; includes a fold out table Original hardback binding, paper covered boards, marked and worn, cloth spine firm. Contents clean and tight, inscription to the front pastedown, Sierra Leone address in pencil dated 1942, name Treadwell., otherwise unmarked. A good scarce copy..

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. Large 8vo. xi & 370 pages + 2 adverts. Publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with light general wear only, small mark to spine. Contents clean and tight, original black-coated end papers, presentation plate of Berkhamsted Girls' Grammar School to the front end paper, verso of front free end paper lightly marked otherwise, no inscriptions or other marks, no foxing. A very good clean copy,.

New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. 4to. pp. xxxii, 965. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little light wear, lower rear corners slightly bumped. Contents clean and tight, page edges very slightly marked. A very good copy..

London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Inscribed to the title page by the author "from the author"; 163 pages + addenda. Original brown cloth with blind decoration to the boards, gilt lettering to the spine; good with some rubbing, cloth a little discoloured, lightly chipped to head/tail of the spine and joints, but remains strong. Contents clean and tight, original brown coated end papers. A good good copy..

London: J. Souter, 1830. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 16mo. 139 pp. Generally in very good condition with a little wear to top/tail of spine. Boards very slightly faded. Internally, clean and tight. A very rare early language guide..

London: Samuel French Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A New Edition. 8vo. No date but circa 1850? This edition appears to be very scarce - no copies recorded on Copac. Pp. xii, 324. Publisher's plum-brown cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, with a little general wear and rubbing, cloth lightly marked, lightly scuffed to head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight, bookplate (slightly damaged) of A. J. Tonkin to the front paste-down, later pencil signature to the front free end paper. A good/very good copy. Scarce..

London: Philological Society, 1915. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. Reprinted from the Philological Society's Transactions, 1915, pp. 52-94. Covers very good with light general wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Outlines the terms and phrases once used that relate to carving birds, fish etc."Tusk that Barbel"....

London: Harrison & Sons, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 32mo (7 x 12cm). 192 pages, Original brown cloth binding with black lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, pocket to front (empty) previous owner's signature. A very good copy..