THE PHONETIC SPELLING BOOK, EXHIBITING ALL THE MONOSYLLABLES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, UNDER A FOUR-FOLD ARRANGEMENT by Pitman, Isaac - 1843

1869. Second edition. Very good. 17 24 8. Black leather spine with red title plate, gilt banding and title. black cloth boards.
Second edition, "improved and enlarged," woodcut illustrations throughout, text in double column; full contemporary calf stamped and ruled in gilt. Indexed by subject in both English and Greek. A very nice bright, tight copy.
Sir William Smith(20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer. He became known for his advances in the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools. Smith was born in Enfield in 1813 to Nonconformist parents. He attended the Madras House school of John Allen in Hackney. Originally destined for a theological career, he instead became articled to a solicitor. Meanwhile, he taught himself classics in his spare time, and when he entered University College London carried off both the Greek and Latin prizes. He entered at Gray's Inn in 1830, but gave up his legal studies for a post at University College School and began to write on classical… Read More

Tan full leather binding. Gilt edge banding on both boards. Red title pate with Gilt lettering and ornate decoration on the spine. All edges and pastedowns marbled. A beautifully bound & presented edition
Joseph Timothy Haydn (died 17 January 1856), compiler of dictionaries, was well known as the author of the "Dictionary of Dates", 1841 (19th edition, 1889), and of the "Book of Dignities", 1851 (3rd revised edition, 1894). The "Book of Dignities" was a modernised form of Robert Beatson's "Political Index" but omits the lists of holders of many important offices. He also edited Samuel Lewis' "Topographical Dictionaries". His name is used in the "Haydn Series" of dictionaries, which are on the same lines as those compiled by him. He does not, however, appear to have taken any part in their actual compilation. They are the "Universal Index of Biography", edited by J. B. Payne, 1870; "Bible Dictionary", edited by C. Boutell, 1871 (2nd edition, 1878); "Dictionary of Popular Medicine and Hygiene", edited… Read More