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

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

Menston, Yorksire: The Scolar Press, 1968. Facsimile of the 1787 Edition. Octavo; [ii], [i]-viii, Glossary and Proverbs unpaginated, +75pp Superstitions and 3pp adverts. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and ornament. Covers bright, with very light shelfwear and a bit of fading to spine and a slight roll at head..... More

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

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

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

Halae Magdeburgicae: Sumtibus Orphanotrophei, 1766. Second Edition. Small octavo; 79pp +1 appendix. Dark brown cloth-covered boards. Covers edgeworn with scuffing and fraying along edges and corners, vertical creases down front and back boards, and chipping away of cloth over spine. Endpapers heavily foxed, with lighter occasional foxing throughout. 3" x...... More

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by Collins, 1865. 12mo; ix, [x], 11-152pp. Gray paper-covered boards with brown leather spine. Boards edgeworn with a 2" x 2.5" loss to paper at bottom back exposing board, chipping along edges of leather, and some general smudging to surface. Hinges cracked with some distress..... More

Various, including engravings by Granville and Dürer. Stated Ultimate Edition; First Thus; Third Expanded Edition of Original Title. New York: Viking, 1991. "Ultimate Edition," being the third edition of this title. Octavo; 325pp. 250 caricatural or witty reproductions of engravings. Two-color illustrated dustjacket; book in mauve paper-covered boards with darker..... More

First Edition. 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..... 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