Books:Slavic Literature:Dictionaries from ZH BOOKS

N’iu-Iork (New York): Izdanie knizhnago magazina M. N. Maizelia, 1918. Hardcover. Third edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. 714; cloth-backed, brown paper over boards; paper strip to cloth; hinges reinforced with contemporary strips of linen; wear along edges; fading and some scratches to boards; previous owner’s signature to first blank leaf; foxing mostly to first and last few leaves,… Read more about this item

S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Izdanie K. L. Rikkera, 1910. Softcover. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged; 7 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 249; plain brown cloth over card stock boards; rubbed spots to tips of spine; discoloration to front board; previous owner’s signature to title page; pages mostly clean with occasional spotting to margins; good to very good condition.An uncommon medical… Read more about this item

Moskva (Moscow): Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo politicheskoi literatury, 1948. Hardcover. First edition; 10 ½ x 7 ½; vol. I pp. 855, vol. II pp. 995; blue leatherette over boards; gilt title and ruling; small bumps to corners and a bit of wear to tips of spine; an unfortunate attempt at front hinge repair of vol. I with a piece of old… Read more about this item

Moskva (Moscow): Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo inostrannykh i natsional’nykh slovarei, 1951. Hardcover. Second revised edition; 8 ¼ x 5 ½; pp. 648; blue leatherette over boards; gilt title and ruling; spine cocked forward a bit with minor wear and rubbing to tips; very good condition.A useful dictionary of 30 000 words, it contains commonly used nautical terms, as well as naval… Read more about this item

Moscow: Arsis Lingva, 1993. Softcover. First edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 5 x 8; pp. 226, [6]; illustrated wraps; mild rubbing to edges and corners; very good to near fine condition.The dictionary represents the first systematical attempt at describing combinations of verbs and impersonal predicatives in the Russian language.

Moscow: Sovetskaia Entsiklopediia, 1971. Second revised edition (approximately 20 000 terms); 5 x 8; pp. [9], 10-428; original beige boards; title in gilt and black; faint dust-dulling to covers; internally clean; small rubbed spot to head of spine; very good or better.The first edition of this English-Russian dictionary of automation and cybernetics was published in 1957. Interestingly enough, its… Read more about this item

Moscow: Sovetskaia Entsiklopediia, 1966. First edition; 4 1/2 x 7; pp. [3], 4-535, [1]; beige cloth over boards; embossed gilt and red decorations and title; minor wear and spotting to covers; age-toning along margins of pages; overall very good or better.Containing approximately 1000 proverbs and sayings, the dictionary gives detailed descriptions and examples of their proper use. Though covering… Read more about this item