Funk and Wagnall.

Funk and Wagnalls Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language, designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of over 140,000 words and phrases in the speech and literature of the English-speaking peoples, with synonyms, antonyms and prepositions. Containing also an appendix of foreign phrases used in the English speech and literature.

Chicago: J.G. Ferguson and associates, 1945, repr.; XXXIX+1309 pp., bl/w ill., lge 8vo, d.-red lin. hardc., gilt lett.and stamp on front and spine, thumb-index, name prev. owner with ded. on f.e.p. Edges bit thumbed, spine chafed, but surprisingly good, tight copy.
¶ This dictionary has been especially designed to meet the average need of people at home and in their places of business.

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N° du livre: 6229

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: dictionary reference

Ward, Ida C.

The phonetics of English.

Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1950 (4th ed. repr.); xv+253, index, bibliogr., 2 appendices, 42 ills., cloth, no d.j. VG+
¶ 'presents the main facts of English pronunciation of to-day' [1928, 1st ed.].

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N° du livre: 6281

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: phonetics reference

Wentworth, Harold and Stuart Berg Flexner.

Dictionary of American Slang. With a Supplement by Stuart Berg Flexner.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967 (6th ed.); 718 pp., appendix, suppl., sel. bibl., 8vo, black cloth, silver lett. + stamps on front and spine, F/VG-.
¶ The original compilation plus supplement contain more than 21000 definitions, illustrated by quotations.

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N° du livre: 6116

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: dictionary reference

Young, E.C.

The New Penguin Dictionary of Electronics.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979 (1st ed.); 618 pp., 8vo, ppb., bl/w technical ill. F.
¶ In this dictionary emphasis has been given to explaining the action of solid-state devices and circuits, as well as the major techniques used in their fabrication.

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N° du livre: 6139

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: dictionary electronics reference