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Whitney, William Dwight: The Century Dictionary / An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language. In 6 Volumes Plus the Century Dictionary of Proper Names - 7 Volumes Total FULL LEATHER, NY The Century Co. 1889

Hardcover Very Good/No Jacket as Issued First Edition Folio Scarce full leather edition - 7 folio volumes in full tan leather, rubbed at the extremities (some have scuffing, and corner wear, some of the corners ar bumped and worn through but still an attractive set of the first edition) In top quality binding with marbled endpapers and cloh hinges, the outer edges of the text blocks are also marbled, the bindings are very sound, as are the backings and the hinges. Exceptionally bright and tight internally with the insides almost as new, just a very light bit of age toning to the paper o/w gorgeous! The additonal volume is a Dictionary of Proper Names [The Century Cyclopedia of Names, A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of Names in Geography, Biography, Mythology, History, Ethnology, Art, Archaeology, Fiction, etc.,] All 7 books are uniformly bound, and have marbled outer edges, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia was one of the largest and most highly regarded dictionaries of the English language. The first edition was published from 1889 to 1891 by the Century Company of New York, in six, eight, or ten volume versions (originally issued in 24 fascicles) in 7,046 pages with some 10,000 wood-engraved illustrations. It was edited by Sanskrit scholar and linguist William Dwight Whitney, with Benjamin Eli Smith's assistance. It was largely based on the smaller Imperial Dictionary, which in turn had been based on the 1841 edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary. After Whitney's death in 1894, supplementary volumes were published under Smith's supervision, including, The Century Cyclopedia of Names (1894) and The Century Atlas (1897). A two-volume Supplement of new vocabulary, published in 1909, completed the dictionary. A reformatted edition, The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, was published in 1911 in twelve quarto volumes: ten of vocabulary, plus the volume of names and the atlas. This set went through several printings, the last in 1914. The same year, the ten vocabulary volumes were published as one giant volume, about 8500 pages in a very thin paper. The now much coveted India paper edition also appeared around this time, usually in 5 double volumes (rarely, in 10 single volumes) plus one additional for the Cyclopedia. The completed dictionary contained over 500,000 entries, more than Webster's New International or Funk and Wagnalls New Standard, the largest other dictionaries of the period. Each form of a word was treated separately, and liberal numbers of quotations and additional information were included to support the definitions. In its etymologies, Greek words were not transliterated. Although the dictionary was never again revised or expanded, an abridged edition with new words, The New Century Dictionary (edited by H.G. Emery and K.G. Brewster; revision editor, Catherine B. Avery,) was published by Appleton-Century-Crofts of New York in 1927, and reprinted in various forms for over thirty years. The three volume "New Century Cyclopedia of Names," an expansion of the 1894 volume, was published in 1954, edited by Clarence Barnhart. The Century Dictionary was admired for the quality of its entries, the craftsmanship in its design, typography, and binding, and its excellent illustrations. It has been used as an information source for the makers of many later dictionaries, including editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, who cited it over 2,000 times in the first edition. In 1913, Stewart Archer Steger from the University of Virginia published his Ph.D. dissertation "American Dictionaries" and devoted a 14-page Chapter VI on Century Dictionary. He concluded the chapter with these words: "Altogether, The Century Dictionary far surpasses anything in American lexicography".

[SW: Reference Gift History Historical Dictionary Full Leather Leatherbound English Language Vintage 19th Century]

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G. R. Leffing: Minna Von Barnhelm Oder Das Soldatengluct, New York Henry Holt & Co 1899

Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Presumed First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1899 presumed first Introduction and notes bu William Dwight Whitney. A German grammer and reader, with a vocabulary on a somewhat new plan (for 1899) . A series of texts for class use with brief but careful annotation and explanation. Dark green cloth cover with black lettering. VERY light wear to edges and ends. Slight corner bumps. Pages clean, text bright.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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STURTEVANT, Edgar H.. A Comparative Grammar of the Hittite Language. & A Hittite Glossary: Words of Known or Conjectured Meaning with Sumerian and Akkadian Words Occurring in Hittite Texts. (Second Edition) [Subtitle]: William Dwight Whitney Linguistic Series. Philadelphia: Linguistic Society of America, 1933, 1936

Hardbacks V. G. 2 uniformly bound volumes, 320pp., 192pp.. Both in very good condition.

[SW: Hittite, Luwian, Lycian and related grammar dictionary ancient language vocabulary]

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Martial: Selections from Martial's Epigrams Edited with introduction, notes, and vocabulary by A. Dwight Castro,
Translation Keys laid in; VG/white wraps spiral bound, light ink & pencil underlining & postilati;

(CANE 1993), 12 mo., 52 pp., notes, vocabulary;

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