London: R. Hunt, 1821. Second Edition. Two Volumes. Octavo; I: cvii, 315pp, II: [iv], 434pp +1 ads. Full leather with gilt borders and leather spine labels. Boards nearly detached on first volume, with front board holding by only the top stitch and the back holding by top two. Second volume..... More
London: Trüber & Co., 1887. Second Edition. 16mo (6.75" x 4.75"); viii, 139pp +3 ads. Illustrated yellow cloth-covered boards. Covers lightly edgeworn with a chip to cloth at tail of spine and a fair bit of general smudging and soiling. Bookplate of The Benson Library of the Episcopal Academy (Newtown..... More
First Edition. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2000. First Edition. Signed by author to William Safire on title page with inscription: "For William Safire / in gratitude for many / hours' reading pleasure / David Micklethwait / Nov. 2000." Additional typed letter laid in. Quarto; 350pp. No dust jacket..... More
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New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by Edward Luttwak without named dedication on full title to journalist William Safire with inscription "Since you read dictionaries... Edward Luttwak, In witness (?), June 1991." This book obtained directly from Safire's estate. Quarto; 680pp. Apparatus printed in two..... More
First American Edition. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1852. First American Edition, from the Second London Edition. Octavo; 179pp. Stamped red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Covers heavily faded and soiled, with bumping to corners and spine ends. Front hinge cracked, with covers opening a bit shakily and..... More
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First Edition. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1985 - 2002. Volumes I - IV; all First Printings. Thick Quartos. Publisher's blue cloth in tan pictorial dust jackets. Illustrations throughout. Several letters laid in from the editors to author, linguist, and speechwriter William Safire. Volume One inscribed..... More
Herb Roth. First Edition. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1914. First Edition. 12mo (7.25" x 5"); 120pp. Ten illustrations (including frontis) by Herb Roth, all present. Publisher's illustrated cloth-covered boards. Lacking dust jacket. Covers rubbed at corners with a few bumps along edges and a few general smudges. Binding..... More
Boston: Charles Ewer, 1819. First American Edition, from the Second London Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Corrected. Thick Octavo. 1006 pages; text in double columns. Rebacked with original calf retained. Red spine label with gilt lettering. Boards a bit warped, with some shallow chipping to original leather along seams with..... More
New York: C.S. Dunning, 1831. Octavo; vi, 412pp. Printed in two columns, with woodcut illustrations throughout. Contemporary sheep with gilt decoration to spine, borders, and board edges. Marbled endpapers. Ex-library with card pocket on back pastedown with stamps of The Fleming School Library and Ecole Francaise Reference Library, but no..... More
London: Charles Knight and Co., 1845-6. Two Volumes. 16mo; xii, 881pp, xiii, 946pp. Bound in brown cloth-covered boards with brown leather spines and corner tips, marbled endpapers, and red spine labels with gilt lettering by "G. Freeman, Binder." Binder's signature on verso of front free endpaper at top in both..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Limited Large Paper Edition, numbered 43 of 50 copies and signed "Charles Whittingham & Co." (the Chiswick Press). Bound by J.P. Gray and Son, Cambridge, with binder stamp at bottom of front pastedown. Bookplate of Percy Lancelot Babington, Esquire of Cossington in County..... More
New York: George W. Matsell & Co., 1859. First Edition with matching dates on title and copyright. 16mo (15.5 x 10cm); vi, 130pp followed by one page of advertisements for the National Police Gazette. Bound in gatherings of 6. No illustrations or frontispiece in this copy, likely as issued... More
London: Richard Taylor and Co., 1807. "A New Edition, with Additional Notes." 12mo; Vol I xxvi + 336pp; Vol II 305pp; Vol III 345pp; Vol IV 341pp. One engraving, in Vol III, illustrating Satire 8 of Bk II of the Satires. Reverse-mottled calf. Parallel Latin and English in each spread..... More
Terre Haute: Dictionary Society of North America, 1984. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 97pp. Portrait frontis. Maroon grained leatherette-covered boards with gilt border and lettering. Covers very faintly shelfworn, but sturdy and square with no bumps or marks. Gilt titling a but dulled. Binding is sound and pages unmarked... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1884-1928. Missing Vol I Pt I (A) and Vol III Pt II (E), and not including the 1933 Supplement. Uniformly bound in black leather with gilt lettering and Oxford device to spines. All are sturdy and solid, with some expected light edgewear at..... More
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Printing with full numberline. Signed by the author on half title to journalist William Safire, who wrote the book's foreword, with inscription "To Bill Safire -- With my deep gratitude for introducing the book and for introducing me to the word dodge! Jeffrey McQuain..... More
New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Octavo. 460 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by Frederic Cassidy to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription "For Bill Safire - / DARE's [Dictionary of American Regional English] favorite Calumnist/Columnist / and fellow Philologer. / from / Fred Cassidy."... More
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New York: Harper & Row, 1983. Stated First Edition. Signed by Ciardi on front free endpaper; with, around his signature, an additional inscription and signature in ink by the book's dedicatee, Constance Erskine, Ciardi's aunt, as a gift from her to a friend. Octavo; 329 pp. Burgundy dust..... More
Philadelphia: Kimber and Sharpless, 1818. Ninth Edition, Revised and Corrected. 24mo (5.75" x 3.5"); 192pp. Contemporary leather with red spine label and gilt lettering. Boards edgeworn and lightly warped, with scuffs down joints and some general smudging and scuffing to leather. Endpapers toned along gluelines. Large ownership on flyleaf reads..... More
Hardcover. London: T. Pote and T. Payne, 1762. Octavo (20.5x13cm); xxxiii, [1], 231, [7], 27, [1] pp. Page 91 misnumbered 19. Brown calf binding on spine with blue marbled paper over boards. Letter F stamped in gold on spine. Boards rubbed on edges. Top of spine is chipped..... More
New York: Evert Duychink, 1821. Small octavo; 304 pp. Contemporary leather (sheep?) with red spine label. Boards a bit warped with a fair bit of rubbing, scuffing, and soiling to surface and edges. Dampstaining to initial pages and noticeable for the first 20 or so before disappearing into more general..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. Second Edition. 12mo; xviii, [19]-176pp +36pp ads. Blue and brown paper-covered boards with printed title label to spine. Boards well-rubbed at corners and along edges, with bumps to spine ends and general smudging to surface. Ownership name of "J. Evans Pugh" in..... More
Philadelphia: Griggs & Dickinson, 1832. Standing Edition, Greatly Improved. 24mo; 413pp. Contemporary brown leather with black title card to spine. Boards rubbed and bumped along edges and corners, with chipping at head of spine and leather worn away and cracking at bottom exposing gatherings. Split starting to front joint, but..... More
Hardcover. Boston: Wells & Lilly, 1818. States "from the last London edition." Small octavo (12.7x9cm); [xliv], 378 pp. 212 leaves. Pages 265-268 uncut. Rebound with calf retained on boards. Leather rubbed on edges with two small chips on front top edge. Binding is sound. Pages toned but clean and unmarked..... More
Georgetown, D.C.: Joseph Milligan, 1812. From the Seventh English Edition, improved by the author. 12mo; xviii, [19]-211pp +4pp ads. Contemporary calf with red leather title card to spine. Boards warping a bit, with rubbing and bumping along edges, corners, and spine ends, scuffs down joints, and general smudging to surface..... More