Authors' and Printers' Dictionary: A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers, Correctors of the Press, Compositors, and Typists. With Full List of Abbreviations. An Attempt to Codify the Best Typographical Practices of the Present Day de Collins, F. Howard - 1948

London: Humphrey Milford, 1933. 5th or later Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Seventh edition and eighth printing. In good black cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip. The covers are firm, fairly clean, slightly shelf-cocked; small nick to top front edge. The free end papers are a little tanned; name and date on front free end paper. Very tanned cut edges. The text block is tightly bound and not tanned or foxed - very good condition. Not annotated. The 'Notes' pages to rear have not been used.

London: Humphrey Milford, 1933. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. 405p.

London: Oxford University Press / Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1948. Hardcover. Ninth Edition. Twelfth Impression. Revised. 8vo. Dark grey cloth. 428 pp. A few light pencil notes. Small inscr. to ffep. Light rubbing to tips. GOOD+

OUP. London. 1956 (Reprint). 24mo, 441pp. In neat d/w, now protected; previous owner's annotations on ffepo/w text in vg cond. Authorative reference.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1953. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Price clipped. Out of print.

G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd, 1952. Paperback. Very Good. 8pp sheet music booklet in the Operatic Repertoire series, copyright 1952, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - old price label to rear cover and small red label to upper front lh corner. Internally clean; no annotations or inscriptions; text and music bright and clear throughout. Arranged for voice and piano with words in English and Italian. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

London : Oxford University Press, 1962. 10th Edition, Reprinted. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiv, 441 pages ; 18cm. Subjects: English language -- Orthography and spelling. Proofreading. Authorship.

London : Oxford University Press, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Pen inscribed by previous owner. Near fine cloth copy in a poor and somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Hinges starting. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 407 p. ; 17 cm. Notes: Ninth edition - Fifteenth impression, revised.Title on spine: Authors' and printers' dictionary. Subjects: Proofreading.English language Orthography and spelling.English language Syllabication. Abbreviations.Authorship ; Handbooks, manuals, etc. Authorship Dictionaries

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.