ATKINSON, FRANK

Dictionary of Pseudonyms and Pen-Names: A Selection of Popular Modern Writers in English

Clive Bingley, 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0851571999. Library withdrawal, still stiff and crisp with unmarked text; in bright dust jacket.. Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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BOARDMAN, JOHN & JASPER GRIFFIN & OSWYN MURRAY

The Oxford History of the Classical World

Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0198721129. Unmarked book but for some marks to top edge; in a somewhat rumpled dust jacket with two corner nicks. ; 9.70 X 7.80 X 2.10 inches; 892 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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BOARDMAN, JOHN & JASPER GRIFFIN & OSWYN MURRAY

The Oxford History of the Classical World

Cobalt, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0198721129. Tight square unmarked book in glossy dust jacket. ; 9.70 X 7.80 X 2.10 inches; 892 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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BREWER, E. COBHAM; JOHN AYTO

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 17th Edition

Cassell Reference, 2005. Hardcover. ISBN: 0304357839. Stiff square unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new. ; Brewer's; 181 X 65 X 236 millimeters; 1523 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 63972

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BRYSON, BILL

The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors

Viking, 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670837679. Stiff clean book in crisp dust jacket; about new but for decorative personal stamp (mine) to front endpaper. ; 20 X 20 X 20 inches; 403 pages. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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CANNON, JOHN & ROBERT CROWCROFT

The Oxford Companion to British History

Oxford University Press, 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0199677832. Stiff square unmarked book with a few faint specks to top edge; in glossy dust jacket. About new. ; 9.8 X 7.7 X 2.2 inches; 1040 pages; Here, in a single convenient volume, is the essential reference book for anyone with an interest in British history. First published in 1997, under the editorship of the late John Cannon and in consultation with over 100 distinguished contributors, this Companion has now been updated by Robert Crowcroft to include the very latest scholarship and research. It describes and analyses the people and events that have shaped and defined life in Britain over more than 2,000 years of political, social, and cultural change, encompassing topics as diverse as the War of the Roses, the Blitz, Stonehenge, Henry VIII, the suffragettes, the industrial revolution, the NHS, the Suez Crisis, the TUC, and the Afghan campaign. Over 4,500 entries provide a wealth of fact and insight on all aspects of the subject and from a variety of perspectives, including social, political, military, cultural, economic, scientific, and feminist.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 63791

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COHEN, M. J. & JOHN S. MAJOR & SIMON SCHAMA

History in Quotations Reflecting 5000 Years of World History

Cassell, 2004. Hardcover. ISBN: 0304353876. Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new; 7 X 2.5 X 9 inches; 1040 pages; With a foreword by Simon Schama, one of the world’s foremost historians, and with 9000 chronological quotations arranged in 90 thematic chapters, this huge treasury is bursting with historical gems. The verbal banquet comes courtesy of such diverse figures as Herodotus, Charlemagne, Dante, Shakespeare, Thomas More, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Harriet Tubman, Rasputin, Lenin, Nehru, Al Capone, Churchill, Charles Lindbergh, Mao, Gloria Steinem, Susan Sontag, and hundreds more. These aren’t quick one-liners, but richly detailed and generous excerpts from speeches, documents, literature, and other sources. Every continent and every major civilization receives representation and enlightening commentary, with topics ranging from the toppling of nations to the changes in science. All the quotations have annotations, with details about sources.. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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DUPUY, TREVOR N. & CURT JOHNSON, AND DAVID L. BONGARD

The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography

Edison, N. J.: Castle Books, 1995. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. "An invaluable compilation and assessment of the 3,000 most important worldwide military figures from earliest times to the present" 834 pages. Tight square unmarked book in glossy dust jacket. ; 7.5 x 9.5"; 841 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 2418

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DWELLY, EDWARD; PETER BERRESFORD ELLIS (INTRODUCTION)

Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary

Edinburgh: Birlinn Ltd, 2001. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 1841581097. Stiff square clean book in bright dust jacket. Unmarked but for thin name to front endpaper. ; 6.5 X 2.5 X 9.5 inches; 1038 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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FARRAR, JOHN LAIRD

Trees in Canada

Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550411993. Tight unmarked book in bright dust jacket with touch of shelfwear. ; 10.3 X 7.0 X 1.3 inches; 502 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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HARTLEY, PAUL & GERTRUD ROBINS

German/English Business Glossary

Routledge, 1997. Softcover. ISBN: 0415160421. Crisp unmarked book in barely rubbed card covers. ; 8.46 X 5.40 X 0.35 inches; 112 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 35521

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HAYWARD, JAMES

Gypsy Jib: A Romany Dictionary

Holm Oak Publishing, 2011. Hardcover. ISBN: 0953340627. Stiff unmarked book in glossy dust jacket; about new; 144 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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KIRWIN, W. J. & G. M. STORY & J. D. A. WIDDOWSON

Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Second Edition with Supplement

University of Toronto Press, 1990. Softcover. ISBN: 0802068197. Tight unmarked book in lightly rubbed covers. ; 9.7 X 7.1 X 1.6 inches; 847 pages. Very Good+ .

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KIRWIN, W. J. & G. M. STORY & J. D. A. WIDDOWSON

Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Second Edition with Supplement

University of Toronto Press, 1990. Softcover. ISBN: 0802068197. Tight unmarked book in bright coveres sunned on spine. ; 9.7 X 7.1 X 1.6 inches; 847 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 64521

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MANGUEL, ALBERTO & GIANNI GUADALUPI; JAMES COOK

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Updated and Expanded

Knopf Canada, 1999. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0676971989. Illustrated by Graham Greenfield & Eric Beddows. Stiff unmarked book in glossy dust jacket. A remarkable resource ; 7.26 X 2.15 X 9.52 inches; 882 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 61608

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