haydns dictionary dates universal information von benjamin vincent haydn (5 Ergebnisse)

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Leather. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). The scarce sixteenth edition of this popular historical dictionary. The sixteenth edition of Haydn's Dictionary of Dates by Benjamin Vincent. Originally written by Joseph Timothy Haydn, a dictionary compiler, most known for theDictionary of Dates.This edition was edited by Benjamin Vincent.An A-Z alphabetical dictionary of the historical meanings of words and their origin dates. Subjects are vast and various.Gold lettering to the spine.Includes an ink inscription to the first free endpaper from prior owners:'L J MargetsouWith Mother's kind loveMarch 1st 1881.' In full leather binding. Externally, very smart. Some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some general shelf ware to the spine. The boards have some marks. The hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Ink inscription from prior owners from 1881. Very Good. book.

Half Calf. Zustand: Very Good. Tenth Edition. [vi], 838 pp. The Bible for Googleites of the nineteenth century. Half calf over marbled boards; lovely ornamental gilt spine with a green leather title-label and gilt lettering. Edges and endpapers marbled. Some wear to extremities and a small nick to rear board. A bit of foxing to title-page but overall clean and neat internally. Bookplate and bookseller's sticker to front endpapers. 8vo.

Full Calf - Prize Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Seventeenth Edition. vi, [vi], 920 pp. Full calf prize binding with gilt crest to board and gilt decoration and green label to spine; edges and endpapers marbled. Rubbing to extremities and spotting to prelims, otherwise quite clean. Bookplate detailing awarding of prize to Charles Ernest Reeve of Sir John Gresham's Free Grammar School, Norfolk, presented by The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, governors of the school and dated 1882. Large 8vo. Prize Binding.