Miniature Dictionary (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Red cloth binding, inner pages clean and unmarked. ; Miniature Less than 3" tall; 767 pages.

A scarce miniature dictionary in the original suede yapp cover. 2.0" x 1.75" x 0.75" (5.4cm x 4.5cm x 2.0cm). pp.386. Brown suede binding. Rubbed gilt title to front cover: "Thumb Dictionary". Edges rubbed and corners rounded. Plain endpapers. Half title present: "English Dictionary". Printed title, no date. Clean text throughout. Many creased leaves and a few edge tears. No other marks or inscriptions. G+ . …

A scarce miniature dictionary with a magnifying glass contained in a pocket attached to the front cover. I can find no record of this arrangement being recorded in the past. 2.0" x 1.75" x 0.75" (5.4cm x 4.5cm x 2.0cm). pp.386. Original straight-grained black morocco over thin card covers. Neat repairs to top & tail of spine. Gilt title to front board and spine: "Thumb Dictionary". Black leather front endpaper with pocket containing a small blue leather edged magnifying glass. Frontis of Samuel Johnson. Clean text throughout, just a few creased leaves. Previous owner's name to half title and title-page: "May Firth, 14 Lawn Road, Burley In Wharfedale". VG.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Glasgow, David Bryce & Son, [circa 1890s]. A miniature book (27 × 19 mm), 384 pages with a frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson. Gilt-lettered limp leather; covers a little rubbed; occasional creases and marks internally; a very good copy in the original locket case (somewhat tarnished). A miniature dictionary, housed in the original pressed metal locket with a magnifying glass set into the lid. The case is lettered 'A Midget-Book with Magnifying Glass' on both sides. Bondy, pages 106-107; Spielmann 464.…