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Author:BAILEY NATHANIEL:
Title:THE UNIVERSAL ETYMOLOGICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY VOLUME 2 (CONTAINING WORDS NOT IN THE FIRST VOLUME)
Publisher:LONDON, COX, 1737
Description:THIRD EDITION, OCTAVO, BOUND IN FULL LEATHER. THE BINDING IS IN POOR CONDITION, BEING VERY RUBBED AND THE HINGES SPLIT - BUT HOLDING. INTERNALLY THE CONTENTS ARE GOOD/VERY GOOD. BAILEY WROTE DICTIONARIUM BRITANNICUM, USED BY JOHNSON IN COMPILING HIS DICTIONARY. PRICED TO SELL.
Price (£):100.00
Stock No:23916 Click to enquire

Author:CARNELL PETER (EDITOR):
Title:BALLADS IN THE CHARLES HARDING FIRTH COLLECTION
Publisher:SHEFFIELD, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ENGLISH CULTURAL TRADITION AND LANGUAGE, 1979
Description:FINE COPY IN CARD COVERS, 204pp. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE WITH INDEXES. IN CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNDING OF FIRTH COLLEGE, 1879-1979.
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:25235 Click to enquire

Author:CARNELL PETER (EDITOR):
Title:BROADSIDE BALLADS AND SONG-SHEETS FROM THE HEWINS MSS. COLLECTION IN SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Publisher:SHEFFIELD, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ENGLISH CULTURAL TRADITION AND LANGUAGE, 1987
Description:FINE COPY IN CARD COVERS, 118pp. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE WITH INDEXES AND NOTES.
Price (£):20.00
Stock No:25234 Click to enquire

Author:ERKES EDUARD:
Title:HO-SHANG-KUNG'S COMMENTARY ON LAO-TSE
Publisher:ASCONA, ARTIBUS, 1958
Description:QUARTO, FIRST EDITION, FINE HARDBACK IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME ON FEP.
Price (£):86.00
Stock No:25325 Click to enquire

Author:GREEN A. AND WIDDOWSON J. (EDITORS):
Title:LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND TRADITION
Publisher:SHEFFIELD, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ENGLISH CULTURAL TRADITION AND LANGUAGE, 1981
Description:FINE COPY IN CARD COVERS, 87pp. PAPERS ON LANGUAGE AND FOLKLORE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, APRIL 1978.
Price (£):22.00
Stock No:25240 Click to enquire

Author:MULLER MAX:
Title:LECTURES ON THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE
Publisher:1864 LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGHAM, ROBERTS & GREEN, LONDON
Description:4TH EDITION. HARROW SCHOOL PRIZE INSCRIPTION PLATE. RED LEATHER. SOME WEAR AND SCUFFING TO EDGES OF SPINE AND BOARDS. 5 RAISED BANDS ON SPINE, GOLD DECORATION AND LETTERING. MARBLED ENDPAPERS. ALL PAGES EDGES GILDED. TEXT OF LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE 1861.
Price (£):35.00
Stock No:24657 Click to enquire

Author:NOBLE VERNON:
Title:SPEAK SOFTLY EUPHEMISMS AND SUCH
Publisher:SHEFFIELD, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ENGLISH CULTURAL TRADITION AND LANGUAGE, 1982
Description:FINE COPY IN CARD COVERS, 103pp.
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:25241 Click to enquire

Author:PARRY DAVID (EDITOR):
Title:A GRAMMAR AND GLOSSARY OF THE CONSERVATIVE ANGLO-WELSH DIALECTS OF RURAL WALES
Publisher:SHEFFIELD, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ENGLISH CULTURAL STUDIES, 1999
Description:CARD COVERS, QUARTO, FINE COPY. 324pp. RESEACH FINDINGS ON LANGUAGE AND DIALECT.
Price (£):55.00
Stock No:25233 Click to enquire

Author:SILVESTRE M. J. B.:
Title:UNIVERSAL PALAEOGRAPHY: OR THE FAC-SIMILIES OF WRITINGS OF ALL NATIONS AND PERIODS
Publisher:LONDON. HENRY BOHN. 1850
Description:VOLUME 1( OF TWO). FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD, RED CLOTH, LARGE OCTAVO. STAMP FROM THE RUSKIN LIBRAT ON FEP BUT NO OTHER MARK.
Price (£):89.00
Stock No:25275 Click to enquire

Author:SMITH P. S. (INTRODUCTION):
Title:MORRICE DANCERS AT REVESBY
Publisher:SHEFFIELD, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ENGLISH CULTURAL TRADITION AND LANGUAGE, 1976
Description:FINE COPY IN CARD COVERS, 36pp. REPRODUCED FROM THE MANUSCRIPT IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY. CECTAL FACSIMILIES NO 1.
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:25236 Click to enquire

Author:STEPHANI ROBERTI:
Title:THESAURUS LINGUAE LATINAE IN IV. TOMOS DIVISUS
Publisher:BASILEAE. E. AND J. R. THURNISIORUM. 1740-43.
Description:CUI POST NOVISSIMAM LONDINENSEM EDITONEM, COMPLURIEM ERUDITORUM VIRORUM COLLECTIS CURIS INSIGNITER AUCTAM, ACCESSERUNT NUNC PRIMUM HENRICI STEPHANI. IN FOUR VOLUMES, FOLIO, TITLE PAGE IN RED AND BLACK, LATIN TEXT, FINE EARLY FULL VELLUM, GILT DECORATION TO BOTH BOARDS, RAISED BANDS, DECORATED COMPARTMENTS, BROWN AND TAN CALF LABELS. BOOKPLATE OF GEORGE CHETWYND, LACKS TIE RIBBONS.
Price (£):2000.00
Stock No:19209 Click to enquire

Author:STONE JON R.:
Title:THE ROUTLEDGE DICTIONARY OF LATIN QUOTATIONS
Publisher:ROUTLEDGE. LONDON. 2005
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP (cut to spine of dw) NEARLY EIGHT THOUSAND LATIN QUOTATIONS, MOTTOES, PROVERBS AND MAXIMS.
Price (£):29.00
Stock No:20982 Click to enquire

Author:THAYER JOSEPH HENRY:
Title:GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Publisher:NEW YORK. HARPER AND BROTHERS. 1893
Description:BEING GRIMM`S WILKE`S CLAVIS NOVI TESTAMENTI. TRANSLATED AND REVISED BY THAYER. A VERY GOOD COPY WHICH HAS BEEN REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER THE ORIGINAL BROWN BOARDS AND WITH NEW ENDPAPERS AND PAPER LABEL ONTHE SPINE. OVER 700 PAGES.
Price (£):45.00
Stock No:17169 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:S.P.E TRACTS NUMBERS 1 TO 40
Publisher:OXFORD. THE CLARENDON PRESS. 1919 -1934
Description:THE FIRST 40 ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE FOR THE SOCIETY FOR PURE ENGLISH. BOUND IN TWO VOLUMES, HALF LEATHER, RAISED BANDS, MARBLED ENDPAPERS. A QUITE EXCELLENT AND ATTRACTIVE SET, WITH ORIGINAL WRAPPERS BOUND IN. VOLUME 1 CONTAINS NUMBERS 1 TO 20 AND VOLUME 2 NUMBERS 21 TO 40. A SERIES OF VERY INTERESTING ARTICLES BY FRY, BRIDGES, FOWLER, PEARSALL SMITH, ONIONS, TAYLOR AND MANY OTERS.
Price (£):185.00
Stock No:21315 Click to enquire

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