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Oxford, London: Oxford University Press; The Clarendon Press, 1966. Second edition, 1966 printing. Blue cloth with dustjacket. Light shelf rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, light foxing to outer edges of text block, clean pages, name of Yale Classics scholar Joseph Solodow written at the top edge of the front free endpaper, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO: The American Philological Association; Printed By Johnson Publishing Co., 1978. In Latin and English. First edition, 1978, the author's own copy with his name signed at the top edge of the front free endpaper. Issued in softcover, the author had his copy bound in blue cloth with red apine labels, original softcovers bound in. About fine condition with… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press; The Clarendon Press, 1966. First edition, 1966. Edited and with Prolegomena and Commentary by M. L. West. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, errata slip tipped on at page 116/117, printed dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with good hinges, firm text block, dust speckled top edge, very clean pages, name of Yale… Read more about this item

Lipsiae: Joh. Georg. Loewium, 1733. In Latin. Well-illustrated and comprehensive history of footwear, with 28 engraved plates (including the engraved title), seven of which are folding. Includes two titles in one binding, the second also dated 1733, its own title page and separate pagination. Eighteenth century binding with marbled boards, [1], [8], 330, [40]; 210, [25] pages,… Read more about this item

Montpelier, VT: New Trails!, 1993. Revised edition, 1993. Softcover with plastic comb binding, folding map at rear. Considerable very neat underlining, otherwise about fine condition, very clean.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hartford, CT: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1883. First edition, 1883. With five small illustrations. Includes heiroglyphics, Coptic langage, pictorial signs of Native American Indians and Mexico, symbolic signs among the Egyptians, verbal phonograms, syllabit phonograms, alphabetic phonograms, ideograms, differences between Chinese and Japanese languages, Rosetta stone, cartouches, acrological spelling, cuneiform characters, Hebrew letters, speculation about Atlantis,… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. Sixth edition, 1990 printing. Attractive compact dictionary in full grained maroon leather lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly raised spine bands, all edges gilt, 674 pages. Like new condition with a very slightly faded spine, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. Title page dated 1850. Orations in Latin, notes and introduction in English. Full brown calf leather with red spine label printed in gilt, tissue protected frontis plate, 518 pages. Covers rubbed, joints cracked but covers well attached by binder's cords, sound text block, pages foxed but clean, pencil notes on rear endpapers and… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. Title page dated 1851. three quarter dark brown morocco leather over brown textured cloth, gilt spine lettering, edges speckled red, 208 pages. Light edgewear, minor fading to top edge of front cover, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, rear endpapers foxed, name in pencil inside front cover, no other markings.. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

New York: Orange Judd, 1897. First edition, title page dated 1897. Well illustrated thorughout in black and white. Brown cloth with a tobacco plant on the front cover in gilt, other lettering in gilt and decoration in blind, 506 pages plus 6 pages of publisher's ads. Good condition with modest wear to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, small… Read more about this item

New York: Valiant House, 1948. First edition, 1948. Interesting association copy, inscribed to poet Marius John with best wishes from lyricist and musician George [Geo.] Murray Brown, along with note including addresses for both. Ten cloth printed in gilt, no dustjacket. Very good condition with some light rubbing to extremities, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no other names… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: R. S. Peck & Co., 1906. Original 1904 publication, not the reprint, number 406 of 1000 copies printed. Third of three volumes published, this one covering 1730-1750. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 10.25 inches tall, 793 pages. Good to very good with modest external rubbing, mainly to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block,… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904. Original 1904 publication, not the reprint, number 406 of 1000 copies printed. Second of three volumes published, this one covering 1701-1729. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 10.25 inches tall, 711 pages. Good to very good with modest external rubbing, mainly to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block,… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904. Original 1904 publication, not the reprint, number 406 of 1000 copies printed. First of three volumes published, this one covering 1635-1700. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 10.25 inches tall, 669 pages. Good to very good with modest external rubbing, mainly to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block,… Read more about this item

New York: John Low, 1805. Please read complete description. Scarce single plate volume (XXI) for Low's encyclopedia, first such reference published in the United States, in seven volumes from 1805 to 1811. Heavily worn volume containing 46 plates (original total unknown, numbered by section not consecutively), with the following subjects: Scenography (incorrectly identified as stenography on front cover); Sculpture; Shadow;… Read more about this item

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1947. 1947 printing of 1945 edition which was revised to include military and post-war etiquette. Includes photographs and facimiles of social forms. Blue hardcover with dustjacket. Good to very good with some edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has edgewear and some very… Read more about this item

Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1995. First edition, 1995. Softcover, 255 pages. About fine condition with light rubbing to the corners, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. High quality facimile reprint from 1989 of the 1930 original. Black cloth witih gilt lettering, no dustjacket as issued. About fine condition with firm binding, clean pages, small name stamp at upper corner of front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1905. Attractive pocket sized book to enter birthdays for friends and relatives, with each day accompanied by a Whittier verse and embellished with some occasional engravings. Maroon pictorial cloth depicting and angel with a scythe on the front, lettering and decoration in gilt and white, just over 6 inches tall. Some light edgwear and… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1929. First edition, 1929. Cobalt blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 550 pages, no dustjacket. Very good condition with very modest edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, unevenly age-darkened endpapers, lightly age-toned but clean pages with name and address neatly written at top of front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item