Friday, July 2, 2021

DICTIONARIES


The Little Webster Dictionary of 18000 Words (suede, buttoned cover. Tiny Book & Novelty Company, New York, circa 1930s-40s). Size: 1.5" x 2". Gift of Redneck Resell.



BURGESS & BOWES "Midget Series" (London, vintage). Size: 2.25" x 3"

ENGLISH-FRENCH /  FRENCH-ENGLISH (nd but vintage, red cover)

ENGLISH-GERMAN / GERMAN-ENGLISH (nd but vintage, blue cover)

ENGLISH-ITALIAN / ITALIAN-ENGLISH (nd but vintage, dark-brown cover)

ENGLISH-ITALIAN / ITALIAN-ENGLISH (nd but vintage, tanned brow cover)

ENGLISH-SPANISH / SPANISH-ENGLISH (nd but vintage, scarlet cover)

ENGLISH-SPANISH / SPANISH-ENGLISH (1964, green cover)


Hardbacks with Printed Paper Dustjackets (Printed in Belgium):

Latin-English / English-Latin (1964)

English-German / German-English (1964)

English-Italian / Italian-English (nd)

English-Spanish / Spanish-English (1964)



LANGENSCHEIDTS' Lilliput Dictionaries, Vinyl-Covered (Langenscheidts, Berlin / Muchen or Berlin / Schoneberg). Size: 1.5" x 2"
Anglais-Francais (Larousse, 1961, B/S)
English-Dutch (1956)
English-German (1964, 1977)

English-French (1961)

English-Italian (1964)

English-Portugese (1963, B/S)

English-Spanish (1961)

French-English (1961)

German-English (Reeds, 1964)

Latin-English (B/S, nd)

Nederlands-Engels (B/S1956)


Maori Place Names (Langenscheidt / A.H. & A.W. Reed, Berlin-Schoneberg / New Zealand, 1962). Size: 1.5” x 2”




CATALA-ANGLES / ANGLES-CATALA (Arimany, Barcelona, 1990). Size: 3.25" x 4.25"


ANGLAIS-FRANCAIS Miniature Dictionary (Collection Poucet, Paris, nd but vintage). Size: 1.5" x 2-3/8"

FRANCAIS-ANGLAIS Miniature Dictionary
 (Collection Poucet, Paris, nd but vintage. 2 copies). Size: 1.5" x 2"




FRANCAIS-NEERLANDAIS Dictionnaire Lilliput (Schmidt & Gunther, Leipzig, nd but vintage). Size: 1.25" x 1-7/8"


FRANCAIS-RUSSE Miniature Dictionary (Collection Poucet, Paris, nd but vintage). Size: 1.5" x 2"




Deutsch-Englisch / Englisch-Deutsch (Alle Rechte vorbehalten Mentor Verlag Berlin / Druck: A. Raabe, Berlin (Langenscheidts, Berlin, pre-August 1945). Size: 1.5" x 2-1/8"

A two volume Miniatur Worterbuch miniature English German and German English dictionary was printed in Berlin.  It was probably published before August 1945 as it says it was printed in Germany (not East or West).  Each volume contains 512 pages.




Deutsch-Englisch / Englisch-Deutsch (Langenscheidts, Berlin / Schoneberg 1930). Size: 1-3/8" x 1-7/8"



Deutsch-Englisch / Englisch-Deutsch (Langenscheidts, Berlin / Schoneberg 1929). Size: 1-3/8" x 1-7/8"

[Repeated in Antiquarian]




Langenscheidts' Deutsch-Englisch / Englisch-Deutsch (Langenscheidts, Berlin, pre-August 1945). Size: 1-3/8" x 2.25"



ITALIANO-INGLESE 13,000 Vocaboli (Editrice Bietti, Milano, nd but vintage). Size: 1-3/8" x 2"


Japanese-English Midget Dictionary (in slipcase, Tokyo News Service Ltd., Tokyo, 1959). Size: 1.5" x 2-1/8"




INGLES-PORTUGUES, organizado por Luis L Delpy (Edicoes Lep Ltda. Mirim, Sao Paulo, nd.). Size: 2" x 2.5"


PORTUGUES-INGLEZ 12000 Palavras, Diccionario Liliput (Brasil Import e Export, Sao Paulo, nd). Size: 1.25" x 1-7/8"


DICCIONARIO ESPANOL-INGLES (Mikron Editorial Mayfe, Madrid, nd). Size: 1.5" x 2-1/8"

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NOT LANGUAGE-BASED

Dream Dictionary: What Your Dreams Mean by Susan Magee (Lawrence Teacher Books, Philadelphia, 2001). Size: 3" x 3.5"



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DICTIONARY AS A "BOOK COSTUME"

"Book costumes" is a term I learned from stellar miniature book collector/artist Susana Lopez del Toro as regards miniature objects that look like books. One of the book costumes in the library is a French dictionary:


Nouveau Petit Larousse (Keychain). Size: 7/8" x 1-1/8"







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