Crockford's Clerical Directory. 1980-1982. A Reference Book of the Clergy of the Provinces of Canterbury. ..

Oxford: Oxford University Press,1983.... and York And Of Other Anglican Provinces and Dioceses. Hardback. Eighty-eighth issue. Pages i-xxxvi are advertisments & preface etc. 1368 pages. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is bumped on edges & corners otherwise near fine, priced £40.00. ISBN 0192000101. 1983

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N° du livre: 9746

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: vicar reverend canon bishop church parish cathedral minster deanery

ADDISON, WILLIAM

UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES.

London B.T. Batsford, 1978, Sir William Addison divided his book into 9 areas, S.E. England, Southern England, S.W. England, The West Midlands, The South Midlands, Essex & East Anglia, The North Midlands, N.W. England, & N.E. England. 159 pages including a topographical glossary. 21 b. & w. photographs on 16 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is near fine but price clipped. 8.75" x 5.5". ISBN 0713402954. 1978

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N° du livre: 2655

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: placenames place name villages towns places England

ANON

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

London, Oxford University Press, 1943., 3rd impression, & revised. First published 1941. Introduction by Bernard Darwin. Approximately 40,000 quotes. 879 pages ( 575 p. + 300 p. index in English, Latin, Greek, etc. ) Near fine but inner hinge cracked. D/w is repaired in 3 places with tape, slightly dusty & torn o/w very good. 9½" x7½". 1943

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N° du livre: 185

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: quotation words dictionary language quotes

ASHWORTH, J.

OPERATION and MECHANISM of the LINOTIPE and INTERTYPE. Volume Two.

London. Staples Press, 1955., Ex Reference Library. ( Illustrations continue from Volume One.) 340 pages. Well illustrated with 214 black & white photographs, figures and diagrams. Small brown mark on page 45. 1955

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N° du livre: 8573

Catalogue: Engineering / Reference

Mots-clés: linotype Intertype printing teletypesetter engineering

BERENDT, JOACHIM.

THE JAZZ BOOK.

St. Albans. Paladin, 1976., Paperback. Reprint. Translated from the German. 459 pages. In the chapter on vocalists of jazz some names are underlined in biro, o./w. very good. Near fine cover priced on back £1.50. 19.5cm. x 12.5cm. ISBN 586082603 1976

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N° du livre: 6630

Catalogue: Music / Reference

Mots-clés: jazz Blues New Orleans reference music Fats Domino Louis Armstrong Sidney Bechet Charlie Parker Count Basie Woody Guthrie

BIENIEK; BORECKI; BUKOWSKI; TER-OGANIAN; SAJOR.(EDITORS)

Maly Slownik ANGIELSKO-POLSKI I POLSKO-ANGIELSKI. (Concise English-Polish & Polish-English Dictionary.)

Warsaw. Wiedza Powszechna,1974., (May have got authors' surnames wrong, in which case I apologize.) Pocket size Polish-English dictionary. First part has preface, abbreviations etc. etc. plus 368 pages. Second part has preface, user's guide, British weights & measures, abreviations etc. plus 307 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks, appears unread. No d./w. 5¾" x 4¼". Priced on back cover "Cenazl.65,-" Shop's original receipt enclosed 1974

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N° du livre: 4683

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: Polish - English dictionary Polska Angielski language Poland

BOROWSKI, E. J. AND BORWEIN, J.M.

DICTIONARY OF MATHEMATICS.

London. Collins, 1989., Paperback. Reprint, a Collins Reference Dictionary. 659 pages. More than 4,000 entries, 400 figures and diagrams. Contents are fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine card cover, priced on back £5.95. ISBN 0004343476. 1989

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N° du livre: 7182

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: maths mathematics dictionary

BOTHAMLEY, JENNIFER.

DICTIONARY OF THEORIES. One Stop to More than 5,000 Theories.

Canton, MI., USA. Visible Ink Press, 2002., Reprint, first published 1993. Paperback. A reference book, it covers the arts, economics, history, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, sciences, sociology & more. 637 pages. 9" x 6". ISBN 1578590450. 2002

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N° du livre: 3584

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: theory theories dictionary

BROWNING, D.C. (COMPILED BY)

The Everyman Dictionary of Quotations and Proverbs.

London. Chancellor Press, 1988., Reprint, first published 1951 by Dent in their "Everyman" series. ".. Collection of Sayings, Quotations, Slogans and Proverbs.. contains over 10,000 entries." 745 pages, including a complete index of over 290 pages. Cover & contents near fine except previous owner's name & address on f.e.p. Near fine d./w. but slight wear on edges & corners. 1988

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N° du livre: 7086

Catalogue: Dictionaries & Reference Books

Mots-clés: quotation proverbs slogans sayings Everyman

CHRISTIE'S, AUCTIONEERS.

5 Christie's Auction Catalogues, dated Oct.-Dec. 1979.

London. Christies, 1979., From Reference Library, all in near fine condition. 5 auction catalogues, complete with their stiff card covers, bound together in strong library binding. The estimate lists, & price lists are included.1) "Valuable Letters & Manuscripts." Oct. 24th 1979. 74 pages, with 171 lots, & 5 b./w. plates. 2) "The Library of the late Kenneth K. Knight , Esq. on the History of Science & Economics." October 31, 1979. 129 pages. 391 lots.1 b./w. plate, and over 50 b./w. illustrations. 3) "Valuable Travel & Natural History Books." November 7, 1979. 249 lots. 49 pages, with 9 b./w. plates. 4) "Military, Art Reference and Miscellaneous Printed Books." November 28 1979. 217 lots. 38 pages, 1 b./w. plate. 5) "The Collection of Miniature Books formed by Arthur A. Houghton, Jnr." Dec. 5 1979. 101 pages, 351 lots. 3 colour plates, & 19 b./w. plates. Heavy. . 1979

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N° du livre: 8129

Catalogue: Antiques / Reference

Mots-clés: auctions Auctioneer miniature books

COPLEY, J.

Shift of Meaning.

London. Oxford University Press, 1961., Paperback. 166 pages. " ... A discussion of some 250 words ...verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs - which cause most misunderstanding." Explains the origins of words, their history, original meanings, and how they've changed over the years. In some cases the word's meaning.has changed to exactly the opposite! Very good except front top corner is bumped 6 numbers are written on front free endpage.18.5cm. x 12.5cm. 1961

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N° du livre: 9875

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: word words meaning English

DAY, DAVID.

A GUIDE TO TOLKIEN.

London. Chancellor Press, 2003, Paperback. Reprint, first published 1993 by Octopus. 271 pages, illustrated with b./w. drawings. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Priced on back £6.95. 21.25cm. x 14.5cm. 2003

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N° du livre: 9010

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: Tolkien Hobbits Hobbit Lord of the Rings Middle-Earth Silmarrillion

DE GARIS, MARIE

DICTIOUNNAIRE ANGLLAIS - GUERNESIAIS. English - Guernsey Dictionary

Guernsey. La Societe Guernesiaise, 1967, First edition. Compiled in collaboration with Ernest Martel, A.E. Heaume, Wilfred De Garis, A.T. Mahy, G. L. Ozanne Davis & E. M. Falla. 269 pages. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but written lightly in pencil in top corner of f.f.e. page is 75/- , which I guess was the selling price. (£3.75) I haven't erased it. D./w. is slightly soiled, rubbed on edges, and has a 1.5cm. tear on front bottom corner, otherwise near fine. 21.5cm. x 14cm. 1967

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N° du livre: 9089

Catalogue: Reference & Dictionaries

Mots-clés: Guernsey dictiounnaire Guernesiais Guernesiaise

DEFRANCIS, JOHN.

CHARACTER TEXT FOR INTERMEDIATE CHINESE.

New Haven, USA. Yale University Press, 1975., 434 pages. Near fine, no inscription, except previous owner has written in pencil in the margins some Chinese characters and underlined some characters, but only on a few of the first 58 pages.The writing is very neat, as I don't understand it, I've left them in, but they can easily be erased. 1975

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N° du livre: 8764

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: Chinese Mandarin China

EDWARDS, THYON.

THE NEW DICTIONARY OF THOUGHTS. A Cyclopedia of Quotations.

London. Waverley Book Co., 1936., First published 1877, this edition was first published 1891 & appears to be the 9th edition. Revised & enlarged by C. N. Catrevas and Jonathan Edwards. 9.5" x 6". Pp xxxv "Subject Finder" + 746 pages + pp xxxiv "Authors Reference Index.". No inscription or marks, contents are clean, but bottom corner of closed book is shelf marked Corners of cover slightly worn, o./w. very good. No d./w. 1936

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N° du livre: 5318

Catalogue: Reference

Mots-clés: thoughts ideas quotations dictionary cyclopedia words