A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
First edition this epochal work, described by Noah Webster as having accomplished "in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics" (quoted in PMM).
First edition this epochal work, described by Noah Webster as having accomplished "in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics" (quoted in PMM).
US first printing, signed edition specially bound by the publisher, of the 3rd novel from the Saxon Stories, now better known as the Last Kingdom series after the television adaptation of the same name.
Signed first US edition of the 10th novel from the acclaimed Saxon Stories, now better known as the Last Kingdom series after the television adaptation of the same name.
First printing of the first American edition of Woolf's posthumously published novel.
Third edition of one of the earliest and most influential monolingual English dictionaries.
Scarce presentation copy of the first edition, subscribers' issue, of the lore, language and song of the Isle of Wight.
First edition of this lively compilation of local, seasonal, and fashionable "fugitive language" spoken by Victorians.
Presentation copy "from the author" of the second edition of this guide to the distinctive dialect of Sussex, from the library of a noted Sussex horticulturalist.
First trade edition of this captivating slang dictionary of the late Victorian era, revised from the limited subscribers' edition in 1889.
Second enlarged edition of this dialect and glossary of the Deanery of Craven, by a native of that region and champion of its linguistic features.
Second edition of this monograph on Anglo-Romani, with bibliography, grammar, vocabulary, and selected texts and transcriptions.
Handsome later edition of this fascinating historical reference.
Later printing of the standard Middle English reference work.
First and only printing of this rare pamphlet of selected Americanisms, compiled by an English visitor to the United States.
Curiously rebound early edition of Lawrence's much-suppressed Great Book, in a full snakeskin binding.
First printing of these collected writings by members of the Women's Cooperative Guild, with a notable introduction by Woolf.
Third edition, later issue, of Grose's classic slang dictionary of 18th-century colloquial and ungentlemanly nouns and verbs.
First separately issued edition of this anthology of maxims and aphorisms, printed in the first year of the Restoration.
Signed limited first edition of this incisive bildungsroman set among the English aristocracy of the early twentieth century.
First edition, trade issue, of Maugham's ambitious portrait of the search for transcendence (preceded by the signed limited edition but itself preceding the UK edition).
Limited deluxe issue of the Thomson edition, illustrating the popular historical novel about the Irish actress from the Georgian era, one of 200 large-paper copies on handmade paper.