The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, Third Edition

The Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia, Third Edition
Volume Two - Laval, F. X. de–Zworykin
edited by Columbia Encyclopedia editors, Columbia University, 1953, 1960, 1968
William Bridgewater, editor-in-chief
Viking Press, US
Published in Candada by MacMillan Company, CA, 1968
printed in US

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Dictionary of Word Origins

Dictionary of Word Origins
Joseph T. Shirpley, 1945
Littlefield, Adams & Company, US, 1964 edition
library “discard”. Spine ripped and reglued. Ex libris stamp on first leaf “Quamican Jr. Secondary” and inventory stamp on third leaf “1196”
And while I decided at the outset of this project not to include commentaries on the books, I could not resist including my favourite entry: “nun. see nincompoop.”

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Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American...

Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language
Second Concise Edition
general editor: David B. Guralnik
Avenel Books, US, 1978

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Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell

Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell
Brian May, Dennis Pellerin, and Paula Fleming, 2013
Diorama tableaux and photography by: “Henniter”, “Halbert”, “LaMiche”, “Marinier” and others, 1860–~1895
The London Stereoscopic Company Ltd., UK 2013
lenticular photograph on box cover, “owl” stereoscope intact

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The Annotated Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the...

The Annotated Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne, 1870
foreword and annotations: Walter James Miller, 1976
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, US, 1976
ex libris signature on first leaf: Ralph Francis Barrick

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