Freedle, Roy O. / Carroll, John B.

Language Comprehension and the Acquisition of Knowledge.

Washington, John Wiley and Sons, 1972. 8°. XIII, 380 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with dustjacket. Very good+ condition.

Guenther, F. / Schmidt, S.J.

Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Languages.

Dordrecht / Boston, Reidel, 1979. 8°. VIII, 378 pages. Softcover. Original Reidel edition. Near FINE condition. Absolutely clean and tight. [Synthese Language Library – Volume 4].

Hazlitt, W. Carew.

English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases. Collected from the Most Authentic Sources Alphabetically arranged and annotated by W. Carew Hazlitt.

First and Limited Edition. London, John Russell Smith, 1869. 23 x 15 cm. xxix, 505 pages. Title page Vignette. Original brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title and author on spine. Foreedge deckle. Rebacked in 2024 using the original boads and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Neat gift inscription on half title page. Internallty bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Innes, C. (Editor).

The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. Vol.1 A.D. MCXXIV – A.D. MCCCCXXIII [1124-1423]. Printed by Command of Her Majesty Queen Victoria in Persuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain.

[First Edition]. [Edinburgh], 1844. Elephant Folio (c. 45 x 30 cm). Sectional pagination (in black): vi, 95, 26, 40, xxxvi, (66) [Tables], 36, 514 pages. / Continuous pagination (red numbers on top of each page): 878 pages with pages 673 to 676 misnumbered as 713 – 716. With 32 Plates, of which 26 are in ‘colour’, and five are folding or multi-folding, with the largest measuring c. 80 x 65 cm. Contemporary half red leather over plain paper boards. Gilt title on spine. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping with minor abrasions to spine ends and corners (see images). Edges age darkened. Mild foxing. Internally clean. Not ex-library. An impressive book.

Jacobi, Mary Putnam.

Physiological Notes on Primary Education and the Study of Languages.

[First Edition]. New York and London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1889. 19 x 13 cm. (2), 120 pages plus two pages publishers list. Few B&W Illustrations. Decorated end papers. Marroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller stamp (Hodges, Figgis, Dublin) on front free end paper (both sides). Half title pages missing. Half of rear free end paper missing. Internally age dulled and mildly foxed. A few dog ears. Text block clean.

[Johnson, Samuel].

Johnson’s Pocket Dictionary of the English Language. Greatly improved by an Augmentation of some Thousand Words and Technical Terms. The Accentuation corrected according to the most approved Mode of Pronunciation. Subjoined is a concise Classical Mythology, a List of Men of Learning and Genius, Phrases from various Languages, and Translations of the Mottos of the Nobility.

London, Printed for T. Tegg & Son et al, 1835. c. 11 x 7.5 cm. iv, 252 pages. With a tissue-guarded Frontispiece showing Samuel Johnson. Contemporary dark green textured cloth. Blind decorations. Gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Tiny material loss to top of spine. Occasional mild foxing. A lovely little item.

Leadbeater, Mary / Edgeworth, Maria (Notes and Preface).

Cottage Dialogues Among the Irish Peasantry. With Notes and A Preface by Maria Edgeworth, Author of Castle Rackrent, &c. [‘Glossary and Notes’ from page 269 to 343].

First Edition. London, Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811. 17 x 10 cm. v, (4) [TOC], 343 pages. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards. New matching green cloth spine and black spine label. Gilt title. See images provided. Very good condition. New spine and end papers. Rebacked in 2022. Original boards worn, rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Faint blind stamp (’ Birkbeck College Library’) on first blank and title page. Numbers in pencil on verso of title page. Corner of page 73/74 missing, not affecting text. Small paper losses to page 103/104, not affecting text. A very nice copy of this very scarce publication. WorldCAT lists only one copy of the 1811 First Edition.

Liddell, M.A. / Scott, R.

A Lexicon Abridged from The Greek – English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott.

The Third Edition. Oxford, At the University Press, 1849 iv, 804 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine label with gilt title. Professionally rebacked in 2024. New end papers, Very good condition. Rebacked with sound binding. Boards worn and rubbed. Some ink staining on title page. Edges dust dulled. Some wear to corners and dog earing. Internally clean.

Lily, William.

Lily’s Rules Construed: Whereunto are added Tho. Robinson’s Heteroclites, The Latin Syntaxia, also there are added the rules for the genders of nouns and preterperfect tenses and supines of verbs, in English alone, with many Corrections.

Dublin, Printed by Isaac Jackson, 1766. c 15 x 9 cm. 90 pages. Contemporary calf. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Minor dust dulling.

Lord Macaulay.

Critical and Historical Essays. Contributed to the Edinburgh Review. Authorized Edition.

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. viii, 850 pages. Black and brown half calf. Gilt vignette of Queen’s University Belfast on front board. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Five raised bands. Blind decorations on spine and boards. All edges speckled. Good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped, mildly stained. Edges age darkened. Front hinge opened. Front free end paper lost two corners. Internally mildly foxed and age darkened. A few annotations in text. Binding sound, but a few pages lose.