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1934RO60122600Grosset & Dunlap. 1934. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 827 pages. Dessins en couleur (drapeaux) en frontispice. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et en couleur hors texte. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Tranche rouge à onglets. Dos du 1er plat défraîchi.. . . . Classification Dewey : 423-Dictionnaire anglais
197039628Cleveland: World Publishing Company 1970. Large thick 4to pp. xiv 2129 160 8 leaves of color maps some double page; pictorial endpapers text illustrations throughout; original olive cloth gilt lettering blue and gilt decorative boarders all edges speckled; in tan white and blue printed dust jacket; a bit rubbed a few shallow tears along jacket edges else a fine copy. <br/><br/> World Publishing Company hardcover books
1960TB29240New York: The Publishers Guild The World Publishing Company 1960. Second Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with green type and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/4 inches with the cloth rubbed through on a small spot at the lower corner at the heel of the spine. Finger tabs are presents for the letters of the alphabet. In a very good unclipped dust jacket rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area together with very shallow chipping. 2129 pages followed by A Pronouncing Dictionary Of Biography A Dictionary Of Noted Names In Fiction Mythology Legend A Dictionary Of Foreign Words And Phrases A Dictionary Of Scripture Proper Names And Foreign Words Abbreviations Commonly Used In Writing And Printing Practical Business Mathematics Forms of Address Tables Of Weights And Measures Special Signs And Symbols Presidents Of The United States Vice-Presidents And Cabinet Officers Of The United States Declaration Of Independence Constitution Of The United States History Of Canada and finally a collection of maps in color. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Webster and small line drawings throughout within the text. The hinges joints and binding for this dictionary are extremely tight and strong with little evidence of use. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind. The Publishers Guild, The World Publishing Company hardcover books
1966RO80261039A Fawcett Crest Book. 1966. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 896 pages. Texte sur deux colonnes. Annotation au stylo en page de titre. Texte en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
197012030091The World Publishing Company New York 1970. Hardcover/s in Slipcase. Near Fine. Hardcover/s in Slipcase. 1692 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: The World Publishing Company New York 1970. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. Title page is creased. Slipcase has chipping and wear around edges and light soiling in places. Gift inscription in ink. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book is in excellent condition having been kept in its slipcase and also contains the "New World Photoguide" - a floppy record which is an audio supplement to the pronunciation guide and phonetic symbols. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Reference; ISBN: 0529048523. ISBN/EAN: 9780529048523. Inventory No: 12030091. 9780529048523 The World Publishing Company hardcover
190718014<p>'Reference History Edition'. Poor condition HC no DJ. Full leather over boards gilt stamped titles on spine; 5 raised bands on spine; red nonpareil marbled end papers. Front cover and front end papers lacking; front fly leaves and first front plate separated; top 1 inch of spine leather lacking; balance of textblock remains tightly bound; some of the front plates lightly chipped at edges; clean interior; leaves remain supple. 4to 2521 pp paged cvi 2177 238.</p> Springfield, MA: G.C. Merriam and Co. hardcover
1957SKU1165804The World Publishing Company 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Cleveland 1957; TWO VOLUME SET; burgundy cloth covered boards; mild corner and spine edge wear; text block edges decoratively speckled; 4to9 3/4" to 12" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 2129 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book. The World Publishing Company hardcover
19652309290063G. e C. Merriam Company 1965. 3rd. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. G. e C. Merriam Company hardcover
19572602060065WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY 1957. 2. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1957 printing. EXTREMELY THICK AND HEAVY. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. xiv 2129 160 pages illustrations some color portrait color maps some folded 29 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY hardcover
19522605240086The World Publishing 1952. hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x11. Distributed by Publishers Guild. Thumb indexed about 2414 pages including color plates. Very Good text with a few bumped/creased page tips or edges. Dust jacket is Good-VG with some blocky sunning. Additional photos on request. US orders shipped via US Mail. International orders shipped via Asendia or DHL. Additional postage may be required on oversize books and sets. NO prison orders. The World Publishing hardcover
1966119564World Publishing January 1966. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. World Publishing hardcover
1976Q-0877791015G. & C. Merriam Co 1976-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! G. & C. Merriam Co hardcover
19586The World Publishing Company Cleveland and New York 1958. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Based upon the broad foundations laid down by Noah Webster and extensively revised by the Publisher's editorial staff under the general supervision of Jean L. McKechnie. Illustrated throughout including 13 full-page color illustrations and 16 full-page color maps. 19 supplements. Former owner's name on ffep. No other writing noted. Burgundy cloth boards worn at edges and spine ends some fraying. Bindings secure. Volume I 1138 pp. Volume II 2129 pp plus supplements. Smoke-free environment. Careful packing and prompt shipping. Additional shipping cost required by size and weight. No international shipping on this item. Satisfaction guaranteed.<br /><br />Additional shipping cost for the sale of these books.<br />This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. <br /> Published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York (1958) hardcover
1956517840World Publishing Co. January 1956. Hardcover. Good - Cash/Fair. Dark red covers with faded gold lettering and detailing to the cover and spine that have general surface and edge wear to both volumes. The corners have been bumped. Tears on the inside of the covers on both volumes have been repaired with glue but the tears are still visible. Pages all show reader wear. Vol. 1 has a gift inscription inside. A few of the pages have been torn but have since been repaired with clear tape. Vol. 2 has small tears in the top and bottom corners of hte gutter of the front cover. The cover is beginning to come loose from the rest of the book. Pages in both volumes appear to be secure. Tan dust jackets with red lettering and detailing along the edges. Heavy surface and edge wear to the dust jackets. Dust jackets have several tears chippings and missing pieces. The top and bottom edges of the spine show the most wear. Both dust jackets are in mylar covers. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. World Publishing Co. hardcover
1902mon0000108909George Bell & Sons 1902-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. 1902 Two Volume set with voluminus appendix on half bound leather and green cloth but volume 1 has damaged spine with back board loose still readable copies and can be repaired. George Bell & Sons hardcover
197831941Collins World 1978. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good oversized faux leather hardcover shows a small tear at spine head and some other very ligh trace wear else tight and clean in very good dust jacket price at flap that shows a wrinkle extending length of rear flap touch of rubbing and soil edgewear that includes wrinkling and small closed tears. Well over 2200 total pages with a set of color plates color maps and black & white illustrations throughout. Still a pleasing copy of this noted dictionary extensively revised by the publisher's editorial staff under the general supervision of Jean L. McKechnie. Collins World hardcover
194988537NEW YORK: Merriam-Webster 1949. Second Edition. Leather-bound. VERY GOOD PLUS. Size 12 3/8 9 3/4 x 3 inches. Weight 9 1/2 lbs. Brown pebbled cowhide sprinkled edges tab indexed of bright gilt on black. The India-Paper Style very thinccx reduced the thickness and weight of the Regular Style dictionary which weighed 16 1/2 lbs. by almost one-half. Contains 600000 Entries; 12000 Terms Illustrated; 13000 Geographical Entries. <br /> <br /> The Box is a heavily restored rather crudely we sadly admit measuring 12 1/2 in. x 10 in. x 3 in. with original top label centered upon a built-up top surface remnants of the original lid ends also mounted onto build-up or replacement and the two long ends of the lid completely replaced. The bottom portion of the box while built up along seams is entirely original. In more than thirty years of being in business and handling several dozen copies of "The Magnificent Second" we have never seen an original box. NOTE:<br /> This particular dictionary was MARRIED to this box; it did not originally come with this box<br /> <br /> Book begins with full-color tissue-guarded charts of the U.S. Flags Great Seals of the United States and Territories State Flags of the United States Arms of Various Nations Arms and Flags of The British Empire Flags of Various Nations including the Nazi Flag; and House Flags of Steamship Lines. Thenan introduction and actual photographs of every single special editor or editorial staff member who contributed to this massive and gorgeous pinnacle of scholarship; a nearly-sixty-page guide to pronounciation; a section on Orthography; and a Brief History of The English Language. <br /> <br /> Dictionary itself runs from Page 1 through Page 2987 this page has a 2 inch closed tear and includes numerous pages of photographs full-color plates Representative Orchids Gems Poisonous Plants State Flowers to name most. Following the conclusion of the last entry Zyzzogeton there follows: Charts of Abbreviations; Arbitrary Signs and Symbols; Pronouncing Gazeteer and Pronouncing Biographical Dictionary "containing more than 13500 names of noteworthy persons their nationality their station their profession or occupation and the dates of their birth and death". <br /> <br /> This is the 1949 printing of Webster's New International Dictionary Second Edition First issued in 1934 and last printed in 1960 before giving way in 1961 to the Third Edition.<br /> <br /> India Paper edition Leatherbound. Magnificent in its precise balance between utility and elegance. With not a drop of hyperbole one of the most important books containing enough knowledge for survivors to begin the world anew should they be given the chance. A tool in the broadest and deepest sense. If this magnificient inconceivably beautiful tool is for you or for s/he to whom you wish to give it as a gift they'll KNOW and they'll LET you know! India Paper Edition. This 1949 printing of Webster's New International Dictionary Second Edition last printed in 1960 before giving way to the Third Edition. Its makers write: "Webster's New International Dictionary Second Edition is the culmination of a century's experience in dictionary making. For more than 100 years the work of the editorial staff has been continuous. 207 special editors labored ten years to make this a comprehensive authoritative and up-to-date reference work to serve today's needs" In it "the consultant will find answers to all questions not only about meanings but also about spelling hyphenation preferred forms the part of speech to which a word belongs pronunciation etymology synonyms and multitudes of other problems." <br /> <br /> "A Work of Which America Should Be Proud'' says William Lyon Phelps <br /> <br /> Why this Second Edition is considered FAR preferable to the newer Third Edition<br /> <br /> The Second Edition which is THIS book we've been told is widely preferred by scholars over the Third Edition due to its strict adherence to correct English its purportedly greater etymological/philological detail reflecting deeper entry-by-entry scholarshipits superior aesthetic and design sense "Garry Wills in the National Review opined that the new i.e. the THIRD EDITION dictionary 'has all the modern virtues. It is big expensive and ugly. It should be a great success'" Edited by Philip Babcock Gove the Third encompassed radical changes which some found unacceptable: ".To make room for 100000 new words Gove now made sweeping deletions dropping 250000 entries. He eliminated the 'nonlexical matter' that more properly belongs to an encyclopaedia including all names of people and places which had filled two appendices. There were no more mythological biblical and fictional names nor the names of buildings historical events or art works. Thirty picture plates were dropped. The rationale was that while useful these are not strictly about language. Also removed were words which had been virtually out of use for over two hundred years except those found in major literature such as Shakespeare rare variants reformed spellings self-explanatory combination words and other items considered of little value to the general reader. The number of small text illustrations was reduced page size increased and print size reduced by one-twelfth from six point to agate 5.5 point type. All this was considered necessary because of the large amount of new material." <br /> <br /> "In the early 1960s Webster's Third came under attack for its "permissiveness" and its failure to tell people what proper English was. .as conservatives detected yet another symbol of the permissiveness of society as a whole and the decline of authority as represented by the Second Edition.19 As historian Herbert Morton explained "Webster's Second was more than respected. It was accepted as the ultimate authority on meaning and usage and its preeminence was virtually unchallenged in the United States. It did not provoke controversies it settled them." Critics charged that the dictionary was reluctant to defend standard English for example entirely eliminating the labels "colloquial" "correct" "incorrect" "proper" "improper" "erroneous" "humorous" "jocular" "poetic" and "contemptuous" among others." Further ".The consensus held that the Third was a "marvelous achievement a monument of scholarship and accuracy". They did come up with some specific criticisms including typographic unattractiveness the type is too small and hard to read; non-use of capital letters only "God" was capitalized; the goal was to save space; excessive use of citations giving misspellings as legitimate variants dropping too many obsolete words the lack of usage labels and deliberate omission of biographical and geographical entries. Merriam-Webster unknown
196186149hNew York: Library Guild 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original black textured cloth hardcover "De Luxe Binding". Moderate handling and shelf-wear to covers; moderate toning and staining to edges. Really a sound example of this gigantic and important dictionary. Endpapers illustrating the Indo-European Family tree of Languages. Illustrated maps. xiv2130160supplements16mapspp. Library Guild Hardcover
19273355G. Bell & Sons and G. C. Merriam 1927. Leather_bound. Good. publisher: London G. Bell & Sons and Springfield G. C. Merriam Three quater leather bound. London G. Bell & Sons and Springfield G. C. Merriam 1927. CXX 2620 This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery One or two loose pages. Illustraions at rear. <br/><br/> G. Bell & Sons and G. C. Merriam hardcover
1920300407London; Springfield Mass. : George Bell & sons 1920. 6th edition. Hardcover. Good to very good cloth copy bound in gilt-blocked half aniline calf. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xcii 2614 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries. English - language ; Dictionaries. London; Springfield, Mass. : George Bell & sons hardcover
19344850NY: Grosset and Dunlap 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket. 5.5"x7.5"x1.5". 828 pg. Revised Edition. Black cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. Green paste downs. Based upon the original foundation laid by Noah Webser LL.D. and other noted lexicographers. Edited by C.m. Stephers Ph.D. and C.N. Catrevas A.B. Not published by the original publishers of Webster's Dictionary or by their successors.<br /> Introduction; Abbreviations Used in This Dictionary; Key to Pronunciation; Appendix; Foreign Words Phrases and Quotations; Rules for Punctuation; Abbreviations; Christian Names of Men and Women; Legal and Public Holidays; Facts About the Earth; Roman and Arabic Numerals; Knots and Miles; Tables of Weights and Measures; Brief Business Laws; Value of Foreign coins; Planets of the Solar System; The Zodiac; Presidents of the US; Facts Worth Knowing: State Flowers Birthstones Wedding Anniversaries; Language of the flowers; Notable Statistics of the World; The 1930 Census of the US; The New Federal Agencies. Grosset and Dunlap hardcover
1905mon0000121794G. & C. Merriam 1905-01-01. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. in x in x in. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine and cover wear top corner of cover ripped pages discouloured from age - still very useable. 1931 publiblishing 240 pages. G. & C. Merriam unknown
196172311tsCleaveland and New York: World Publishing Company 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two volumes. Original burgundy textured cloth hardcovers. Wear and rubbing to edges and some staining/soiling to covers. Edges toned; hinges tender but holding except for the rear innner/endpaper hinge of Volume I which is almost completely split. A few leaves creased at corners/margins. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Illustrated including some colour plates and maps. Tabbed fore-edges; language tree endpapers. xiv2129160platespp. World Publishing Company Hardcover
1944744Springfield MA: G. & C. Merriam 1944. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fine in very good rubbed slipcase. 8vo. 6 x 9 in. 1274 2 pp. Full brown morocco titled ruled & ornamented in gilt five raised bands; all edges gilt with marbled endpapers and red & black thumb-cuts. Presented in deluxe original matching marbled slipcase with felted interior. 'The Largest Abridgement of Webster's New International Dictionary Second Edition.' Frontis. portait of NOAH WEBSTER. An uncommonly handsome gift-worthy copy of this standard dictionary. G. & C. Merriam hardcover
1937258258OH: World Syndicate 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcovers. 2 volume set. A comprehensive addenda of newest words compiled by Joseph Devlin. Profusely illustrated. Unabridged dictionary. Pages are clean. Nameplate inside both books front covers. Corners on cover lightly bent. Spine browning on both books. World Syndicate hardcover