(Shakespeare). Edelman, Charles. SHAKESPEARE’S MILITARY LANGUAGE. A Dictionary. Athlone Press, London & New Brunswick 2000.
1st Ed. [xviii] + 423pp. + [vii] blank. Original gilt lettered blue boards with red title patch to spine, some minor rubbing.
Athlone Shakespeare Dictionary Series.
£25.00 [ref: 287057]

Badawi, M.M. (Editor). MODERN ARABIC LITERATURE. CUP 1992.
1st Ed. [xiv] + 571pp. + [v]. Double page map. Ownership inscription, good in d/w.
The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature.
£25.00 [ref: 291195]

Bosworth, Rev. J. A DICTIONARY OF THE ANGLO-SAXON LANGUAGE, Containing the Accentuation, the Grammatical Inflections, the Irregular Words referred to their Themes, the Parallel Terms from other Gothic Languages, the Meaning of the Anglo-Saxon in English and latin, and Copious English and Latin Indexes, serving as a Dictionary of English and Anglo-Saxon, as well as of Latin and Anglo-Saxon. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman 1838.
Large 8vo. [iv] + [xl] + 721pp. + [i]. Folding table of alphabets at rear. Treble column text. Ex.libris Jeremy C. Ahern with ink stamp and inscription, ex.-Islington Literary & Scientific Society with sm. ink stamp to top edge of title page and 3 to verso of folding table, light marginal browning throughout, gutter margin of title page and flyleaf reinforced and sl. tender, corners of flyleaf torn away, new e.ps., rebound in modern brown leather with raised bands and gilt lettered leather title label to spine, t.e.g.
£60.00 [ref: 294065]

Brewer, Rev. E. Cobham. DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE. Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions and Words that have a Tale to Tell. Cassell and Co. 1895.
100th Thousand. New Edition Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. To Which is Added A Concise Bibliography of English Literature. Thick 8vo. [vi] + 1440pp. Printed in two columns. Port. frontis. Light age toning, e.ps. browned, maroon cloth with gilt lettered label to spine, soiled and marked.
£35.00 [ref: 294086]

Chambaud, Louis. NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE FRANÇOIS-ANGLOIS & ANGLOIS-FRANÇOIS. Contenant la Signification des Mots, avec Leurs Différens Usages, les Constructions, les Façons de Parler Particulières, les Idiotismes, & les Proverbes Usités dans l’une & l’Autre Langue; les Termes des Sciences, des Arts, & des Métiers; Le tout recueilli des meilleurs auteurs Anglois & François. Londres Chez Cadell ... 1805.
Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée, & augmentée du double, Par J. th. H. des Carrières. 2 vols. 4to. [vi] + (B+ 7R). + [vi] + (B-[5Z4]). Some light browning, with the armorial bookplates of John Drinkwater, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary calf, gilt ruling with blind detail to edges of boards, light wear to boards, skilfully rebacked with original sl. rubbed spines laid down, with gilt compartments and gilt lettered title labels.
£75.00 [ref: 259847]

Cole, Andrew. LITERATURE AND HERESY IN THE AGE OF CHAUCER. CUP 2008.
1st Ed. xx + 297pp. + [i] blank + [iii] + [vii] blank. Very good in d/w.
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature.
£25.00 [ref: 282381]

Dilworth, Thomas. A NEW GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH TONGUE. In Five Parts. I. Words both Common and Proper from one to six syllables ... II. A Large and useful table of works that are the same in sound ... III. A short, but comprehensive Grammar of the English Tongue ... IV. An useful Collection of Sentences in prose and verse ... V. Forms of Prayer, for Children ... Derby: Printed by and for Henry Mozley .. 1822.
New Ed. carefully corrected and improved. Sm. 8vo. 156pp. + [ii]. Port. frontis., several woodcut ills. Some browning, pencil and pen scribblings to e.ps. including the signatures of Robert Lee, early sheep boards, some wear and marking, rebacked in modern gilt ruled calf with gilt lettering.
The Reverend Mr. Thomas Dilworth (died 1780) was an English cleric and author of the above widely used schoolbook, both in Great Britain and America. By some accounts Dilworth was one of the few schoolbooks used by Abraham Lincoln. Published in 1740, by 1773, it was in its thirty-sixth edition.
£135.00 [ref: 281526]

Enderwitz, Anne. ECONOMICS OF EARLY MODERN DRAMA. Shakespeare, Jonson and Middleton. OUP 2023.
1st Ed. [x] + 268pp. Very good in d/w.
£40.00 [ref: 287681]

Habermann, Ina and Kellern Daniela. (Editors). ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHIES IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE. Space, Place and Identity. Brill Rodopi, Leiden & Boston 2016.
1st Ed. x + 254pp. Several figures from photos. Very good in original coloured pictorial laminated boards.
Spatial Practices, An Interdisciplinary Series in Cultural History, Geography and Literature, Volume 23. Inscribed to title-page - ‘To Sheila in memory of Eddie, R.’ (possibly Richard Stinshoff one of the contributors).
£40.00 [ref: 274344]

Hilliard, Christopher. ENGLISH AS A VOCATION: The Scrutiny Movement. OUP 2012.
3rd Imp. [xiv] + 298pp. Ownership inscription, otherwise very good in d/w.
£40.00 [ref: 290863]