From
Tom W. Ayling, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 12 May 2025
David Bryce's miniature English dictionary, this copy exported to Sydney, Australia and sold by The Curio Shop at 76-78 Castlereagh Street. 28 x 20mm. Bound in burgundy wrappers, titled to the upper cover, with the bookshop address in gilt letters to the lower cover. Housed in the original locket with magnifying glass. A very good example. Seller Inventory # 1824
Title: THE SMALLEST ENGLISH DICTIONARY IN THE WORLD
Publisher: David Bryce, Glasgow
Publication Date: 1900
Binding: Soft cover
Seller: Avant Retro Books Sac Book Fair, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1896 ed. Miniature book in a fully functioning metal case. Published mid to late 1890's. Red card covers with bright Gilt lettering. Clean looking case with magnifier. A giftable / collectible copy. -Quality Counts! All books shipped in Cardboard and all books with dust jackets have mylar jacket protectors., Seller Inventory # 260128001
Seller: Chapter Two (Chesham), Chesham, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardcover. Condition fair. Printed on fine india paper. Silver case which is tarnished. Last printed page covers English coins and measurements. Yellow endpapers; 21 x 28 mm. Original maroon leather, with gilt titles to the front . Complete with original metal case (with magnifier and loop at top). Seller Inventory # 011759
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: MFR RARE BOOKS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. [MINIATURE - BRYCE, David (printer)]. The Smallest English Dictionary in the World. Comprising, Besides the Ordinary and Newest Words in the Language Short Explanations of a Large Number of Scientific, Philosophical, Literary and Technical terms. Glasgow: Published by David Bryce and Son, n.d. [c.1893]. Leather-bound miniature, contained in a plain metal case with circular magnifying glass-window, book size: 27 x 18 x 7 mm., case size: 34 x 28 x 10 mm., pp. 384. English text. Bound in publisher's original red leather with "Bryce's English Dictionary" on front cover and (vertically) "Pears" on the rear cover, yellow page edges and endpapers, half-title, engraved portrait of Johnson as frontispiece. Condition: VERY GOOD. A well-preserved example. Scarce. Notes: Bryce published six of these charming miniatures in the 1890s, all contained in a metal box. Seller Inventory # MFR1695
Quantity: 1 available