White Rev John Rev Riddle (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magnificent reference dictionary, large and complete by two Oxford dons, full red leather, six compartments, gilt title on spine, antique marble paper eps and edges, heavy, perfect gift for an academic, xvii + 2103pps, gilt ruled line along edges, some foxing to eps and blank pages, tiny loss of leather on rear cover, 7th edition, triple columns, excellent example of late 19th c. book binding, name of I.L. Merker as previous owner on ep, professor of Greek at Princeton University. decorative library embossed stamp of unknown professor on tp.…

3/4 leather. Condition: Good in heavily rubbed boards. Volume 2 only (L-Z) of White and Riddle's definitive Latin-English dictionary, this being the 1872 Fourth Edition; text in triple columns; this copy in contemporary three-quarter calf with gilt titling to spine, 6 compartments, raised bands; black buckram sides, marbled endpapers and text block; heavy foxing to prelims, marbling faded to text block; Good and clean throughout; front board heavily rubbed and with prominent stain and spotting, leather with wear along joints and raised bands. no dustwrapper. 1068pp. sm 4to. Good in heavily rubbed boards. …