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2009ref. ABE-1675274264536OUP Oxford 2009 NEW & UNREAD. 45 YEARS IN THE MAKING. This is now VERY RARE INDEED. The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary HTOED is a unique new resource charting the semantic development of the huge and varied vocabulary of English. It is the first comprehensive historical thesaurus ever produced for any language containing almost every word in English from Old English to the present day and is a magnificent resource for the historical study of the language. It is based on a detailed analysis of English as found in the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary OED and also draws on A Thesaurus of Old English. Conceived and compiled by the English Language Department of the University of Glasgow over a period of some 45 years the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is a groundbreaking analysis of meaning in the history of English. Content and Structure The thesaurus organization follows a unique thematic system of classification with entries arranged in a comprehensive semantic hierarchy according to their meanings. Each individual synonym is presented in chronological order according to the first recorded date of the word's use in English as listed in the Oxford English Dictionary with earliest synonyms given first. There are three major sections in the HTOED reflecting the main activities and preoccupations of users of the language: I The external world II The mental world III The social world These in turn are divided into 354 major categories such as Food and drink Thought or War. Further categories and subcategories follow moving from the most general ideas to the most specific. Overall the HTOED contains around 800000 meanings organized into more than 236000 categories and subcategories. The semantic categories and subcategories are headed by phrases which define them and link to preceding sections. In the abridged example given here the headings and numbering show that Terms of endearment at the fourth level of the semantic hierarchy are part of Love which is classified within the higher category of Emotion which in turn comes under The mind. 02 The mind . 02.02 Emotion . 02.02.22 Love . 02.02.22.04 Terms of endearment . The HTOED contains obsolete historical and archaic vocabulary as well as the vocabulary of current English; it covers scientific technical and specialist terminology as well as slang dialect and informal language and regional varieties of English from all parts of the world. Each term is precisely entered into its place in this comprehensive hierarchy of meaning according to its meaning and date and is accessible either by browsing at any level of the hierarchy or by looking up a particular word in its alphabetical place via the Index. The Index itself lists nearly one million references and ensures a comprehensive lookup and accessibility of the full text. The final printed work is presented in two volumes: Volume 1 is the Thesaurus while Volume 2 is the alphabetical Index listing the synonyms in Volume 1. Readers may thus approach the content of the Thesaurus in different ways: either by looking up a single lexical item in the Index and being directed to the appropriate section in the main Thesaurus or by browsing by semantic category directly and seeing words in their context of both historical development and the overall organization of meaning. There is an Introductory essay by the Editors and a Foreword written by Lord Randolph Quirk together with a specially commissioned fold-out chart showing the principal levels of the semantic classification. Readership The HTOED is a unique resource for scholars of all types - linguists and language specialists historians literary commentators etc. - as well as being a fascinating resource for everyone with an interest in the English language and its historical development. It is the ideal complement to the OED itself allowing the OED to be accessed and its contents viewed in wholly new way. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. OUP Oxford hardcover
ref. 1016335555.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2019ref. ABE-1621427540325Max Ernst Museum 2019 RARE Moebius Edition Hardback NOW OUT OF PRINT NEW & UNREAD still sealed. The first ever Moebius retrospective in English and some German:This lavishly illustrated large format hardback retrospective has over 270 pages of the fullest and most exceptional art produced by Jean Henri Gaston Giraud. better known as the formidable Science Fiction Bandes Dessinées and Western artist Moebius. This long overdue art book contains page after page of Moebius's incredible work including production work for films such as James Cameron's 'Abyss' rarely seen artwork for the San Francisco Sony Metreon centre where four artists including Maurice Sendak were commissioned to design entire floors illustrations for a version of Dante's Divine Comedy work inspired by Salvador Dali collaborations with comic artist Geof Darrow rarely seen images of Arzach exclusive artwork for posters abstract paintings beautiful reproductions of pages from 'Inside Moebius' 'La Faune de Mars' '40 Days in the Desert' 'Blueberry' 'The Long Tomorrow' 'L'Incal' and the Hermès Collection. In short this art book is comparable only to 'Transe Forme' the book published by Fondation Cartier in 2010 which became an instant collectors item the main difference of course being that this book contains detailed essays in English. The book includes: full biography with rarely seen personal photos of Giraud's time in Mexico Venice and during his military service in Algeria. detailed bibliography section dedicated to Moebius's very own words relating to his major projects including Arzach 40 Days Self Portraits and Abstraction. a four page full colour fold-out of Moebius's mural designed for the Beffroi de Montrouge a Cultural Centre in Paris. A magnificent celebration of this major artist whose work will surely be rated above the absurdists who currently dominate ART thinking. This man has imagination enormous skill and wit. A worthy addition to any history of art. OUT OF PRINT & RARE. Special Edition. Hardcover. New. Max Ernst Museum hardcover
1997ref. ABE-1548678899807Gim Yeongsa 1997 Korean language hardback edition clean and tight no faults firm binding clean jacket. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Gim Yeongsa hardcover
1966ref. 62245New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. 1966. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. 1966 copyright. Sixth Printing 1977. The Key to English Letter Writing Volume Ten in The Key to English Series prepared by the staff of English Language Services Inc. 12mo illustrated staple bound wraps 86 pp. x 76. Very Good; modest soiling and faint creasing at covers see scans; small-scale edge wear. Contents are very very Near Fine almost as new. See all scans. The tenth and last volume in Macmillan's 'The Key to English' series which was conceived and executed as a tool for international students studying the English language. A very small and unprepossessing little text but very scarce now as a genre collectible. L41n Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. paperback
1868ref. 000431Boston: Fields & Osgood 1868. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Boston: Fields & Osgood 1868 hardbound Volume 6 July to December 1868 of the magazine. Taves & Michaluk V001. 10.25" x 6.75" 828 pp. Ex-Tacoma Public Library; half black calf with marbled paper boards. Quite scuffed particularly at the corners and hinges. Pages are age toned some are wrinkled one page is torn but complete not a page within the Verne issue. Strongly bound. Somewhat worn see scans but still quite strong better than Good just short of very good by reason of one or two too many scuffs. Fascinating and quite rare Jules Verne English-language first/first. Just a few pages buried within this hefty collection of six months of Every Saturday: A Journal of Choice Reading - a Fields & Osgood double-column weekly issue - treat Verne's first novel Five Weeks in a Balloon. At the time the magazine editors were apparently of the opinion that Verne who was then largely unknown to the American public was describing actual events rather than fictitious ones in his tale of African adventures undertaken via the vehicle of a hot-air balloon. Here in the five pages of this first appearance see scan of the first one only certain passages of the novel occur along with a synopsis by the apparently intrigued editor who concludes with the line: "All I can say is that it was shameful of our newspapers which profess to record everything that passes to treat this important event with such utter silence." Verne is even mis-identified by the flummoxed staff who refer to him as "M. Jules Berne." For this title this piece is exceeded in English-language rarity only by its own softbound variant - i.e. the same piece not bound together in six-monthly tomes such as this which was the habit of the era which few have presumably largely perished. Taves & Michaluk at V001 note that "The London" sourcing reference for the Verne article remains unknown. See all scans. L53n Fields & Osgood hardcover
1999ref. 624483Westport: Bergin & Garvey 1999. Hard cover in very good condition no jacket intended from the collection of a retired publisher's editor. Light shelf and handling wear only; pages are tightly bound content unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Bergin & Garvey Hardcover
2003ref. 624430Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003. Hard cover with printed boards no jacket intended in very good condition. A review copy request laid in. Light shelfwear including minor tanning to rear board. Boards otherwise in fine condition pages are tightly bound and content unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Kluwer Academic Publishers Hardcover
2001ref. 624493Westport: Bergin & Garvey 2001. Hard cover in very good condition no jacket intended from the collection of a retired publisher's editor. Light shelf and handling wear only; pages are tightly bound content unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Bergin & Garvey Hardcover
1885ref. 624926Oxford: Clarendon Press 1885. Hardcover no jacket in very good condition. Includes a fold-out map. Ex-college library. Minor edgewear and sunning to the hardcover; the spine ends and leading corners are a little frayed and bumped. Labels on the spine foot and front pastedown. Small amount of penned writing on the reverse of the FEP. Traces of foxing on a few pages. The spine is a little cocked. The binding is sound and all content remains clear. CM. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. Clarendon Press Hardcover
1956ref. 622738Leiden: E.J. Brill 1956. Paperback in good condition. Edgewear tanning and some marks on the cover; stamp on the front. Some bumps and creases along the spine. Rough cut page block head with minor tears on a couple of the page edges - not affecting the text. Small amount of text underlined in pen on one of the early pages. Pen mark in the margin of page 48. The binding is sound and all text remains clear. CM. Paperback. Good. Used. E.J. Brill Paperback
ref. 40003201Beijing 1964 Xinhua.Gray stiff wrappers Chinese Hanzi text English & Chinese tranlations 599p. 13.2 x 18.8 cm. very clean unused copy 9 indices English & Chinese text this a Hong Kong reprint the 2nd. printing of the FIRST EDITION . . . AN IMPORTANT DICTIONARY OF POLITICAL VOCABULARY . . . PRECURSOR OF THE WENHUA DA GEMING CULTURAL REVOLUTION . . This item was published about a year or so before the beginning of the WENHUA DA GEMING CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION. It contains a dearth of useful vocabulary for scholars researchers & students of the Chinese especially related to Communism Cultural Revolution Red Guards Hong Wei Bing government & politically related vocabulary. . This is a copious work with tens of thousands of Chinese words translated into English showing the Chinese Hanzi characters as well. The work is alphabetically organized. . WITH TEN INDICES: . a. List of Ministries State Societies Federations Commissions &c. . b. List of Chinese provinces. . c. List of foreign countries in Asia Africa Europe Americas & Australia. . d. Official body list of government representatives like National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China National Assembly National Council Congress House of Lords and so on. . e. The name of the highest leader of each country i.e. President Chairman Queen Emperor Iman &c. . f. International News Agencies list. . f. List of International organizations treaties agreements and the like i.e. United Nations International Red Cross Warsaw Pact Atlantic Charter &c. . g. List of athletic sports vocabulary. . h. Military vocabulary. . i. Stroke order dictionary Chinese Hanzi. . CONDITION: The work is bound in the publisher's gray stiff wrappers with black ink printed titles in both English & Chinese. . The text body paper is toned as usual otherwise there are not marks or distractions to the text. By and large solidly bound & quite firm. . Please carefully read the description of each copy as copies vary. . Color photos are posted to our website . . unknown
2006ref. 623032Abingdon: Routledge 2006. Paperback in very good condition. Cover corners are a little rubbed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Paperback. Very Good. Used. Routledge Paperback
1914ref. 623208Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son 1914. Hardcover with printed front board no dust jacket in good condition. From the collection of Dr. Gerald Stone Emeritus Fellow Hertford College Oxford University with ownership penned to FEP. Spine is sunned. Corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block and endpapers are tanned. Surface tear at the upper edge of the front hinge and first few pages. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. M.H. Gill & Son Hardcover
1861ref. 623211London: Williams & Norgate 1861. Hardcover with embossed boards no dust jacket in good condition. Boards are sunned with a surface tear at the front spine side. Corners edges and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block and the occasional page within are tanned and foxed. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Williams & Norgate Hardcover
1972ref. 620218London: Martin Brian & O'Keeffe Ltd 1972. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked including small tears. Front board is slightly bowed. Corners and spine ends are a little bumped and rubbed. Foxing on the page block head. Name penned to FEP. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used. Martin Brian & O'Keeffe Ltd Hardcover
1965ref. 620531Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1965. Hard cover in very good condition no dust jacket. General shelfwear including notable tanning to board spine and light wear to board edges.Within pages are tightly bound content unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Basil Blackwell Hardcover
2007ref. 620616Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Co. 2007. Hardcover with printed boards no dust jacket in very good condition. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped and rubbed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. John Benjamins Publishing Co. Hardcover
2005ref. 615180Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is scuffed. Board spine ends are a little bumped. Boards are clean binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Oxford University Press Hardcover
2000ref. 615488Cambridge University Press 2000. Hardcover in original shrink wrap. GS. Hardcover. New. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
2001ref. 615518New York: Garland Publishing Inc 2001. Hard cover no jacket in very good condition. Green cloth boards with gilt detail to spine are in fine condition light bumping to foot corner only. Content firmly bound and unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Garland Publishing Inc Hardcover
ref. ria9780197262337_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Containing a reference work for those studying late Anglo-Saxon coins this work catalogues and illustrates 1280 coins of Edward the Confessor. In an introductory chapter Dr Colman a leading philologist provides an analytical discu hardcover
1772ref. 54350Paris: J.P. Costard 1772. First Edition. Card_book. Very good. Each volume 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. Vol. 1 1772; Abduction - Assertion 661 pages Errata page and fold-out chart ' Belle Lettres' Vol. 2. 1771: Assimilation - Cycle 718 pages Errata page and 4 page Approbation and Privilege du Roi. Vol. 3 1772: Dactyle - futur 664 pages. bound in original gray/green cardboard. Condition is Very Good: spines lightly faded covers lightly soiled previous owner's name on title pages otherwise unmarked binding is tight. Case RGR J.P. Costard
ref. ING9784893583147Bonjinsha Co. Ltd. New. Special order direct from the distributor Bonjinsha Co. Ltd unknown
ref. 1733339728.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
