Search Results: Reference: Dictionary from The Owl at the Bridge

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).

"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.

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

Porto Editora [1998]. Aba-zus! Hard Cover. 1009 pages; 25 cm. Red boards stamped in gold, orange dj torn away at top of spine; VG in cracking orange slipcase. stock#45942.

NY, Schirmer, 1901. Hard Cover. 257 p.; 21.5 cm. Title continues: & Phrases Used in the Art and Science of Music with a Supplement Containing an English-Italian Vocabulary for Composers. Fifth Edition thoroughly Revised, and Augmented by an Appendix of 700 Additional Words and Phrases. Good+, red cloth printed in black; endpapers soiled, a few neat pencil notes, ink owner name, good+. Stock#37130.

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 of the mark, date when the mark was used. Stock# 32,175. Antiques & collecting; reference; ceramics; decorative arts.

"...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 of eighteenth-century life, led unusual, often independent, and occasionally flamboyant lives as struggling novelists, actresses and playwrights, male impersonators, royal mistresses, or persecuted Quaker preachers..." xxiv, 344 pages; 25 cm. Paperback; as new. Stock#ofc0897.

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.

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

NY, Macmillan, 1934. Hard Cover. 288 p.; 19 cm. Dj title: Kettridge's Shorter Commercial and Financial French Dictionary. "Not only a dictionary, but an encyclopaedia and a guide to practice, furnished with a vast number of examples and definitions which illustrate the use of the vocabulary words and attest the correctness of the translations." Red cloth; tan dj spine darkened, minor wear, splash marks; bookplate; spine cocked; VG. stock#45653.

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.

"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 on first flyleaf of Robert J. Lurtsema, premier WGBH broadcaster/dj. Stock#ofc0388.

Berlin-Schöneberg: Langenscheidt (1912). Italian German Dictionary. Hard Cover. 170 pages; 13.5 cm. Good+ / tape spine repair. Stock#47284.

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.

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.

Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1968. Soft Cover. 238 p., 16 plates, 111 illus., map ; 18 cm. Series: Penguin reference books ; R 28. Translation of Astronomiskt lexikon. Stock# 40,326. Vg/ paper.

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., 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

Reader's Digest Association, Inc. [c1968]. Hard Cover. x, 726 p.; 24 cm. Title continues: lists of antonyms, copious cross-references, a complete and legible index. Originally published as Funk & Wagnalls Modern Guide to Synonyms and Related Words. "Over 1000 essays that define, compare, and contrast 6000 synonyms and related words." "Large, legible type for easy reading." "Comprehensive in content, with idiomatic and slang terms added... Contemporary in style, with illustrative phrases and sentences that help reveal the nuances of each word treated." Blue boards; dj chipped, worn; ink owner name; good. stock#44227/drk.