A Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by Rev E Cobham Brewer (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 8vo. 1157 pages. No date of publication given; inscription dated 1944. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Boards edgeworn; corners bumped; ends of spine crushed; a few small marks on front and rear. Edges of text block spotted. Inscription on front free endpaper; preliminary pages and endleaves lightly foxed; sparse foxing spots scattered on other pages. Binding reasonably firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Reprint. 1440 pages. No printed date but hand written names and date of 1908 to flyleaf. Inner front hinge cracked. No dustjacket. Marroon-red textured hardback binding with colour-faded spine with faded gilt-coloured titles, colour-faded band to top quarter of front board. Weear to spine-ends and boards's corners, light browning to page-edges o/w pages clean.

blue cloth, working copy, owners name inscrip., 1157pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher - Odhams Press, London, n.d. 'New edition' - Publisher's note. Very good condition, maroon boars with blind tooling to boards and gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Top page edges red. Brown patterned endpapers, very tight binding.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. New Edition. 1158pp; Bright blue boards with gilt device to front cover and gilt letering to spine; Slight spotting to edges and prelims. and previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown else a very bright copy; This is a heavy item; Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 15th Edition. 15th edition . Has been rebacked. 19.5x13cm. viii+1061 pages plus 10 pages of publisher adverts. Clean and tight book. Dispatched "Royal Mail Tracked 24" next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref hm.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 'New Edition'; no publication date. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Some mold spots on initial pages and spotting along fore-edge. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

, 983 pages, with publishers catalogue at rear [4] Third Edition , hinges cracked thus covers loosely held, tears to joints, slight loss to head of spine, previous owner's name written neatly to half title page, text clean and complete, book in fair condition , brown cloth with blindstamped design, gilt titles to spine 20 x 14 cm Hardback ISBN:

Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Edition. Burgandy leather and cloth with gilt titles on spine, marbled endpapers with 1,158 gilt topped pages. No date. Bookplate belonging to Sir Malcolm Fraser BT, GBE affixed to front end paper. The book is very good with some rubbing to corners and spine.