Dictionary English Language: Signed (19 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. CX2 - A trade paperback book signed and dated by the author with "Houston" written in very good condition that has some stains on the last few pages, light discoloration and shelf wear. The Illustrated Texas Dictionary of the English Language (Volume Two). Photographs by Bert Brandt. 9"x6", 48 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author Volumes One through Four--volumes 2, 3, 4 are signed by author. ISigned by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. London; Mansell, 1995. 8vo, xiv, 624pp, laminated boards. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR A BRAND NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. First Edition. Inscribed by author to journalist and language columnist William Safire on front free endpaper "To: William Safire with author's compliments. Michael Echeruo, 1998." Hallmark Hanukkah card inscribed by Echeruo to Safire and two of his Syracuse University business cards also laid in. Octavo. 283 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange boards with gilt lettering. Jacket is faded along spine, with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards sturdy and sharp. Spine ends nudged. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. vi. 411pp. Brown pleather boards with bright gilt title on spine and front board. SIGNED on tiitle page: "DW Kabithe.". Signed by Author(s). Hardcover.

First edition. 48 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Gordon on the title page. Halftone photographs and text combined and stretched.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Apparently signed by Daniel Dewar [not Norman Macleod] in pencil below his name on the title page: "[indecipherable word] Minister of Glasgow, Rev. Dr. Daniel Dewar". Rebound in two volumes, with Gaelic to English in Volume 1, and English to Gaelic in Volume 2. 1007 pages total, moderately age-yellowed. The condition is excellent: slightest wear, slightest dulling of the cloth of the lower spines (apparently from removed labels), slight residue of removed bookplates inside the front covers, otherwise unmarked. Undated, circa 1840; the title page resembles that of the 1839 printing, except for the missing year. [3.8 lbs]. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

(2), VIII, 9-72, (2), 544 SS. Marmorierter Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel und -fileten. 4to. Etwas spätere Ausgabe des erstmals 1791 erschienenen, noch bis ans Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts aufgelegten Standardwerks. "Einst sehr bedeutendes Wörterbuch, war jahrzehntelang Autorität, Quelle für ältere Aussprache" (Zaunmüller). - Exemplar aus dem Besitz des Heimatforschers und Lexikographen Hermann Anton Franz Zerzawy (geb. 1880), später Regierungsrat und Archivar im Bundeskanzleramt, mit seinem eigenh. Widmungsvermerk am Vorsatz: "To my teacher of English language in commemoration / Vienna, 20. June 1940". - Sauberes Exemplar. - Vgl. Zaunmüller 100. Vater/Jülg 101. …

Octavo, xxiv+526pp. Original blue cloth, backstrip slightly faded, a very good copy. First edition. SIGNED inscription by the author on the half title page, dated Dec. 22, 1897, ie before the year of publication. ALSO, a manuscript letter by T.A. Browne [ROLF BOLDREWOOD] noting that 'Cooramin' is the true native name for the tree popularly known as the 'Kurrajong'.…

Second American edition. "Second American edition". Engraved frontispiece portrait signed "Edwin sc." [5], 8-276 pp., text in double columns. 12mo. A pocket-sized abridgment of Johnson's Dictionary, from the 14th London edition. Styled the second American edition - there were identically titled editions printed in Boston in 1804 and 1806, while the first unabridged American edition was not published until 1818. Shaw & Shoemaker, 10643; not in Fleeman. OCLC locates 2 copies; not in AAS Modern blue buckram, preserving old red morocco lettering piece. Offsetting to title page from frontispiece, some spotting and ink stains to fore-edge and margins Engraved frontispiece portrait signed "Edwin sc." [5], 8-276 pp., text in double columns. 12mo. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectable, very good. Very Good Plus condition. Personalized presentation signed by George Gallan, president of the G. & C. Merriam Company, on the first blank heavy stock page. Massive one-volume edition, tan cloth cover with gold lettering and design, 1953, no additional printings, regular (not India) paper, 3194pp. Very slight exterior wear, no marks or writing (other than inscription), first few pages a little wrinkled. HEAVY/OVERSIZE. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.…

Hardcover. Handsomely and solidly bound in two quarto volumes. With leather spines stamped brightly in gilt, leather tips and marbled paper-covered boards. Hinges tender. With the bookplate of Harrison Gray and the elegant autographs in bold fountain pen of William H. Bordman/ Somerset St/ Boston/ with spiral flourish. And signed by William Henderson Bordman and Eliz. Henderson Otis on the title pages. H.G. Otis was a U.S. Representative and later Senator and Mayor of Boston (1829-32). Very good throughout with light vertical creasing along the spines. With half titles but lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait by Heath, though the image of Johnson is faintly offset on the verso of the front endpaper. With light staining, soiling, and scuffing to the boards. The autographed front endpaper of volume II has some tearing from being attached in several places to Otis' bookplate, but all is readable. A serviceable copy of the Ninth edition of this amazing lexicon. "Johnson's dictionary was not the first, nor was it unique. It was, however, the most commonly used and imitated for the 150 years between its first publication and the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1928. Other dictionaries, such as Nathan Bailey's Dictionarium Britannicum, included more words, and in the 150 years preceding Johnson's dictionary about twenty other general-purpose monolingual "English" dictionaries had been produced. However, there was open dissatisfaction with the dictionaries of the period. In 1741, David Hume claimed: "The Elegance and Propriety of Stile have been very much neglected among us. We have no Dictionary of our Language, and scarce a tolerable Grammar." Johnson's Dictionary offers insights into the 18th century and "a faithful record of the language people used". It is more than a reference book; it is a work of literature. From the beginning there was universal appreciation not only of the content of the Dictionary but also of Johnson's achievement in single-handedly creating it: "When Boswell came to this part of Johnson's life, more than three decades later, he pronounced that 'the world contemplated with wonder so stupendous a work achieved by one man, while other countries had thought such undertakings fit only for whole academies'." "The Dictionary was considered, from the moment of its inception, to be Johnson's, and from the time of its completion it was Johnson's Dictionaryhis book and his property, his monument, his memorial." (Wikipedia) The Ninth Edition, Corrected and Revised. …

Leather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. An impressive first edition of Charles Richardson's dictionary, with a signed letter from the author to Lord Viscount Strangford. An excellent first edition of lexicographer, Charles Richardson's New Dictionary. Bound in contemporary full calf.Richardson first published a critical examination of Johnson's dictionary in 1815. He followed this with his own dictionary, the early part of which appeared in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, a collaborative project overseen by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The prospectus for A New Dictionary appeared in 1834, followed by the book in parts, published by subscription by William Pickering over a two year period.This copy with a tipped-in, hand-written letter addressed to Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, from the author dated March 16th 1836.In his letter, Richardson thanks the Lord Viscount for his patronage; both for subscribing to the book personally and reccomending the New Dictionary to the libraries of the Carlton Club and House of Lords. He politely requests the Viscount's permission to mention his endorsement in further letters to the Duke of Wellington, the Marquess of Cambden and Chancellors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.Viscount Strangford was known for his literary tastes as well as for his decorated career as a diplomat and ambassador to multiple major European courts. Two volumes bound in full, contemporary calf. Externally, smart. With notable marks to all boards. Rubbing to extremities, resulting in loss of leather at corners. Joints strained; front joint of second volume significantly so. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd handling mark throughout. Mild age toning. Dusting to fore edge. A signed letter by the author tipped-in after the title page of volume one. Very Good. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

Two vols, folio, pp.I: [1160], II: [1160]; titles printed in red and black; 12P signed '16P' as sometimes, 19D and 24O both in setting (a) (see below); browning to edges of titles, neat repairs to corners of vol.I title, light foxing to vol.II title, scattered foxing and browning elsewhere as often, a few minor smudges and stains, occasional closed marginal tears, a handful of tears with small loss to margins (none affecting text), small wormtracks to tail margins of first quires of both volumes, repaired at pB1 and p115A1; else a good copy in modern Cambridge-panelled calf, gilt citron morocco lettering-pieces; slightly rubbed and scuffed.First edition of 'the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography' (PMM), this copy preserving 19D and 24O both in the first state. The labour of nine years, Johnson's Dictionary contains over 40,000 words defined and 114,000 illustrative quotations. 'TheDictionaryleft an immense mark on its age. It soon became recognized as a work of classical standing, and in spite of some minor blemishes it has never lost its historical importance as the first great endeavour of its kind. Notable above all for definitions of pith and occasional wit, the dictionary was even more original in the way in which every word, asJohnsonput it, had its history. Each entry is organized under the headword to exemplify graduated senses of a term, a procedure which redirected the course of English lexicography. Further, the quotations used to exemplify the usage of a given word combined to form an anthology of moral sayings and helped to define the canon of literature' (ODNB). '[D]espite the progress made during the past two centuries in historical and comparative philology, Johnson's book may still be consulted for instruction as well as pleasure' (PMM). The first edition has two sheets in variant settings 19D and 24O both preserved in their original state here, a combination highly uncommon according to Todd. The resetting of these sheets introduced some ninety variants, most of which depart from Johnson's copy-texts. ESTC T117231; Fleeman 55.4D/1a; Alston V, 177; Chapman & Hazen, pp.1378; Courtney & Nichol Smith, pp.545; Grolier Hundred 50; PMM 201; Rothschild 1237. See William B.Todd, 'Variants in Johnson's Dictionary, 1755', The Book Collector 14/2 (1965). Language: English. …

4 volumes, including two of the DICTIONARY as originally issued, another being the facsimile of the first edition of THE PLAN OF THE DICTIONARY. and a volume containing essays concerning The Genesis of the Johnson's Dictionary and The Lexicographic Achievement of Johnson. First Edition of the Facsimile of the Original First Edition of each title. Title-pages printed in red and black, woodcut tailpieces. Royal folio (410 x 260 mm.), expertly bound to style in full red Cabra leather, the spines with raised bands gilt ruled creating compartments which are paneled in gilt, one compartment with green lettering label gilt, three other compartments with gilt lettering, the covers with gilt fillet rules at the borders, original end-leaves, the Essays and PLAN in original wrappers, the volumes all housed in the original slipcase. Original Collation: Vol. I [A]2, B-K2, a-c2, d1,2B-2K, 2L-13A2, one leaf signed 13B-14Z; Vol. II [-]1, 15A-16Z2, one leaf signed 17A-17Z, 18A-22E2, one leaf signed 22F-22Z, 23A-27D2, one leaf signed 27E-28Z, 29A-31C2 . A very handsome copy beautifully preserved. The bindings are in excellent condition. The text-blocks both clean and unpressed. This is a fine, handsome and clean set of the volumes. Both the PLAN and the Essays volumes also in fine condition as well THE FINE LONGMAN FACSIMILE OF THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF SAMUEL JOHNSON'S MASTERWORK AND THIS A HANDSOME AND CLEAN AND LARGE COPY. "The most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography (PMM). Begun in 1747 and printed over five years, Johnson's DICTIONARY set the standard for all subsequent lexicographical work. Its excellence was immediately recognized in all quarters and the first edition of two thousand copies sold quickly. What set Johnson's DICTIONARY apart from earlier efforts was his reliance on the examples of English literature rather than his own intuition or previous word lists or dictionaries, a method that has been the standard ever since, from Richardson and Webster to the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnson, in undertaking this vast work, set out to perform single-handed for the English language what the French Academy, a century before, had attempted for French. He hope to produce "a dictionary by which the pronunciation of our language may be fixed, and its attainment facilitated;" and though, of course, no language can be frozen in time, by aiming at fixing the language he succeeded in giving the standard of reputable use. As Noah Webster stated, his work "had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics." Johnson presumed to finish the work for the Dictionary in three years by his own labor, but he underestimated the work required and it eventually took nine years to complete (though not all of his time was spent upon the Dictionary, as he was also the editor of The Rambler at this time) and required the assistance of six amanuenses--five of whom, to Boswell's satisfaction, were Scotsmen. "Johnson's achievement marked an epoch in the history of the language. The result of nine years labor, it did more than any other work before or since towards fixing the language. The preface ranks among Johnson's finest writings. The most amazing, enduring, and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man). "The most important British cultural monument of the eighteenth century" (Hitchings); "the only dictionary [of the English language] compiled by a writer of the first rank " (Robert Burchfield) and first genuinely descriptive dictionary in any language. "Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics" (Webster). "It is the fate of those that toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be . punished for neglect, where success would have been without applause, and diligence without reward. Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries . Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach" (Johnson, preface to the present work). Samuel Johnson's monumental work, which drew on all the best ideas and aspects of earlier dictionaries, was published on April 15, 1755 in an edition of 2000 copies. The price was a high one £4 10s, or £3 10s to the trade. The group of publishers whose names appear in the imprint were joint proprietors, having paid Johnson £1575 in installments for copy which took him eight years to complete, although in the final months publication was held back for the granting of his Oxford M.A. (Feb. 20, 1755). Some of Johnson's advance was used to rent the well-known house in 17 Gough Square, where the garret became his "dictionary work-shop." He called on the assistance of six amanuenses, five of whom, Boswell proudly records, were Scotsmen, and who were almost derelict when he hired them. "With no real library at hand, Johnson wrote the definitions of over 40,000 words.illustrating the senses in which these words could be used by including about 114,000 quotations drawn from English writing in every field of learning during the two centuries from the middle of the Elizabethan period down to his own time" (W. Jackson Bate, Samuel Johnson (New York, 1977), p.247. "It is the dictionary itself which justifies Noah Webster's statement that Johnson's writings had, in philology, the effect which Newton's discoveries had in mathematics. Johnson introduced into English lexicography principles which had already been accepted in Europe but were quite novel in mid-eighteenth-century England. He codified the spelling of English words; he gave full and lucid definitions of their meanings (often entertainingly colored by his High Church and Tory propensities); and he adduced extensive and apt illustrations from a wide range of authoritative writers.but despite the progress made during the past two centuries in historical and com.…

424 pp. hard cover with black Worcester's Dictionary on back strip. Lexicon in two (2) columns. Front cover detached but present. Edge wear and scuffing. Minimal toning. Inscribed E. P. Delano, Providence, Dec. 1839. on blank free end paper.

First edition. 12mo., xvi, 1029 pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, titled in gilt on the spine. Tears at the spine ends, tips rubbed through; a well used copy. Beaumont Newhall's copy, SIGNED with his pencil signature on the front free flyleaf, dated 1932. Additionally signed in ink, "Beaumont Newhall, St. Patricks (sic) Day 1978. On the occasion of my first one-man show." Also laid in is a postal card from Newhall, addressed to Harold Jones at the Light gallery, New York, reading: "Riis, Jacob, born May 3, 1849, Ribe, Denmark, died May 26, 191r, Barre, Mass. May fill out some loopholes! BM." Also included is a Polaroid SX-70 portrait of a smiling Newhall, presumably by Harold Jones.…

See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged paper with slight discolouration to top corners of second leaf, with a panel along the bottom of the second leaf cut away. Folded for postage. Addressed in the customary manner on reverse of second leaf, to 'T. J. Pettigrew Esqr. Dr. Phil. F.R.S. &c / Saville [sic] Row / London', and signed 'Josh Bosworth.' With two postmarks (one of 'Dockhead / 1D. PAID'), and seal with small impression in red wax. He is happy to have received Pettigrew's 'interesting Autobiography': 'I sat down & cd. not be induced to leave it, till I had read it quite through. I then began again & reperused it, &, I must observe, that candour & truth seem to pervade every point of it.' He praises the work for the encourage it will give to those of Pettigrew's 'enlightened profession' and to 'those who have a literary taste', and wishes that he may 'long enjoy the domestic comfort with which you are so greatly blessed'. He continues with reference to 'Mr. Lee' and 'the parcel with your & Dr Lee's letters'. 'I have the pleasure of begging your acceptance of a copy of my Anglo-Saxon Dicty. an order for wh. is written on the other halfsheet. It is a very heavy work, but, as you will peceive by my Publishers circular, it has been well received. It has gone off far better than I expected - &, in all respects, more than answered my anticipations.' He has 'not gone to the length of some German Literati, nor favoured the theories of some of our own Scholars, who are filled with German imagination, hence I have incurred some displeasure, & I expected a host of opponents.' He had 'determined to treat all fairly', and has, to his astonishment, 'hitherto escaped all censure. I was & am prepared for defence, but I'm rejoiced that, at present, it is unnecessary.' He continues with private references, including to Pettigrew's 'good daughter' and his plans: 'The Govt. has taken off 300£ a year out of 500£ - tho' I've given up my Living in England'.…

First edition. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait. [962] ff., signed: [A], B-K (including I and J),[1]-113 in 4s, 114 in 2; ?2 (first leaf is a blank), 1-115 in 4s, 116 in 2. 2 vols. Large, thick 4to. Webster's landmark achievement, the most important American dictionary, of prime importance as an early effort toward mass education, eventually placing correct spelling and usage at the fingertips of the ordinary American citizen. This two-volume quarto unabridged dictionary represents the culmination of Webster's indefatigable dedication to providing his country with its first comprehensive modern dictionary. "Webster set a new standard for etymological investigation, and for accuracy of definition ('a born definer of words' - Sir James Murray), and included 70,000 words, as against the 58,000 of any previous dictionary. The edition was 2,500 copies, and the price $20.00" (Carpenter). "Webster was an ardent nationalist and he wanted to stress the political separation from England by the cultivation of a separate American language" (PMM). Skeel 583; Grolier American 100, #36; PMM 291; Sabin 102335 Half-bound tan calf and marbled paper boards, stamped in gilt on spines; front and rear boards rubbed at centers, with light overall shelf wear to edges; exterior spines cracked along edges, and split at top rear of vol. 1 and bottom front of vol. 2; tissue guard at frontispiece foxed, with some transfer to facing pages; interiors otherwise clean Engraved frontispiece portrait. [962] ff., signed: [A], B?K (including I and J),[1]?113 in 4s, 114 in 2; ?2 (first leaf is a blank), 1?115 in 4s, 116 in 2. 2 vols. Large, thick 4to. Signed.…