Reference from Goldring Books

London: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988. A Fine unmarked copy withnear Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. 279 pages. A most informative work on the subject which takes a good look at the mysteries and lore of book-collcting. The author passes on his wealth of knowledge covering book-making, the language of book-collction, the question of first editions, the matter of… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1911. Gold title on red boards which have light wear to spine head, tail and corner tips. Some minor marks. Internally there is a contemporary name and date to front endpaper, age toning to endpapers, sporadic light foxing to some pages else generally very clean, tight and unmarked. viii + 631 pages + 32 page catalogue.… Read more about this item

London: Bracken, 1984. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xv + 736 pages. A facsimile of the 1865 edition. For over 200 years the dictionary has been a handbook for teachers, journalists and an inspiration for dramatists and poets, especially the romantic poets such as Keats, who is said to have… Read more about this item

Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1977. Card covers are unmarked with a touch of wear to lower front. Internally there is a little light foxing to fore edge else a clean, tight and unmarked copy. 312 pages. 32nd printing revised (first was 1959). The book is designed first of all to make the study of written Japanese a much less… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green for the Index Society, 1881. Gilt title to spine with the Index Society's gilt motif to front with black decoration on red cloth boards which have age darkening to edges and just a little wear to spine head and tail. Internally there a few spots to the margins of the first four pages, a little gentle creasing… Read more about this item

London: Hurst, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy. xvi + 351 pages. The resurgence and revitalisation of Muslim culture have created a growing interest in the study of Muslim names. Throughout the world Muslims share similar names, be they in the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, South East Asia or new migrants in the West. The predominant language in Muslim… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. xvii + 856 pages. 200 illustrations. With 1001 entries ranging from brief statements to substantial essays on major topics, the Oxford Companion to the Mind takes the reader on a lively tour of this endlessly fascinating subject, spanning many questions and… Read more about this item

London: Odhams Press, 1958. Gold title on red boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there are a few small marks to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to edges and is not price clipped. Second edition with appendix. First published in 1950. 736 pages.… Read more about this item

London: Penguin, 2004. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A fascinating guide of hundreds of superstitions separated into chapters on Superstitions Around the Year; The Cycle of Life; The Human Body; Domestic Superstitions; The Occult; The Natural World; Trees; Natural Phenomena and Weather. Answers most questions about the intriguing and often bizarre world… Read more about this item

London: Thames and Hudson, 1998. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy. In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, the author has documented the history and evolution of symbols from pre-history to the present, providing lively, informative and often ironic. She discusses an enormous variety of symbols from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. Second edition (first was 1997). 696 pages printed on acid free paper. For over 50 years, Oxford's Dictionary Department has been collecting, sourcing, researching, and authenticating quotations on an international scale, and in doing so, it has created one of the richest language resources in use anywhere in… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann/Quixote, 1981. A near Fine uninscribed copy with complete dustjacket which has fading to the spine. A comprehensive work which lists over 1.000 deities of the ancient and modern world who have a story that is worth telling and those that have played a significant part in the religious experience of mankind and which blends fascinating information with entertaining… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1985. A Fine unmarked copy with nearFine dustjacket. The updated second edition. A most comprehensive and award winning dictionary containing over 100 diagrams which help to explain the more detailed entries and over 6,000 entries. Written both for the layman and professional user of information systems and the extended cross referencing system will enable the reader to gain… Read more about this item

London: Spring, 1969. White title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small stamp to front endpaper else clean and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. 4 colour and 96 black and white plates. A most comprehensive work in ten chapters with appendices on Marks, Date Letters and Artists Marks. … Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are without marks, damage or wear and no bumping. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. Apart from a little dust marking to top edge this is a NEAR FINE copy which is uncommon for it's age. Second edition. Only volume 1 of 3 but complete in itself. An erudite… Read more about this item