Challenge Elementary School Dictionary and Kanji Dictionary (2015)
General Details Title: チャレンジ小学国語辞典 第六版(Challenge Elementary School Dictionary 6th Edition)Volumes: 1Language: JapanesePublisher: BenesseYear: 2015Pages: 1,439 Title: チャレンジ小学漢字辞典 第六版(Challenge Elementary School Kanji Dictionary 6th Edtion)Volumes: 1Language: JapanesePublisher: BenesseYear: 2015Pages: 1,151 (+...
Vampire
Halloween approaches, so let's take a peek at a classic creature of the night: the vampire! Definition and Etymology The oldest English-language dictionary I own with a "vampire" entry is...
Encyclopædia Heibonsha (1984)
General Details Title: 平凡社 大百科辞典 (Great Encylopædia Heibonsha)Volumes: 16Language: JapanesePublisher: 平凡社 (Heibonsha)Year: 1984Pages: 21,164 The 大百科辞典 (dai hyakka jiten), or Great Encyclopedia, was released in 1984 in 16 volumes. Unlike the...
Kanken Kanji Dictionary (2014)
General Details Title: 漢検漢字辞典 第二版 (The Kanken Kanji Dictionary 2nd Edition) Volumes: 1 Language: Japanese Publisher: 日本漢字能力検定協会 (The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation) Year: 2014 Pages: 1,744 This is a kanji...
The Student's Cyclopædia (1900)
General Details Title: The Student's Cyclopædia Volumes: 2 Language: English Publisher: H. M. Dixon & Co. Year: 1900 Pages: 1,503 The Student's Cyclopædia: A Ready Reference Library for School and...
Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia (1939)
General Details Title: Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia Volumes: 15 Language: English Publisher: F. E. Compton & Company Year: 1939 Pages: 5,340 The Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia and Fact-Index claims on each title...
Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1941)
General Details Title: Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language Volumes: 2 Language: English Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls Company Year: 1941 Pages: 2,970 Funk & Wagnalls New...
Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache (2003)
General Details Title: Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache Volumes: 1 Language: German Publisher: Langenscheidt Year: 2003 Pages: 1,254 The Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache: Das einsprachige Wörterbuch für alle, die...
Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia (1887)
General Details Title: Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia Volumes: 8 Language: English Publisher: A. J. Johnson & Co. Year: 1887 Pages: 6,772 This has no relation to Samuel Johnson or his dictionary;...
Splish
"Can splish be used independently of splash? Can you splish without splash?" This random question was raised while we were driving about yesterday. Let's see what historical dictionaries say: Neither...
Pompeii
Our local science center is currently hosting the travelling exhibit "Pompeii: The Exhibition." I plan on viewing the exhibition tomorrow. I visited Pompeii myself on a rainy day back in...
The Encyclopædia Britannica - 15th Edition (1997)
General Details Title: The Encylopædia Britannica Fifteenth Edition Volumes: 32 Language: English Publisher: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company Year: 1997 Pages: 32,094 The 15th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, first appeared...
The Encyclopædia Britannica - 14th Edition (1965)
General Details Title: The Encylopædia Britannica Fourteenth Edition Volumes: 24 Language: English Publisher: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company Year: 1965 Pages: 25,397 The Encyclopædia Britannica Co. first released the 14th edition...
The Junior Anchor English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary (2001)
General Details Title: ジュニア・アンカー英和・和英事典 第四版 (The Junior Anchor English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary 4th Edition) Volumes: 1 Language: Japanese Publisher: 学習研究社 (Gakken) Year: 2001 Pages: 1640 This volume is two dictionaries bound...
The Great Japanese Dictionary (1989)
General Details Title: 日本語大辞典 Volumes: 1 Language: Japanese Publisher: 講談社 Year: 1989 Pages: 2304 This is a pretty heavy book. The full title is 講談社 カラー版 日本語大辞典, or The Great Japanese Dictionary...
The Book of Knowledge (1945)
General Details Title: The Book of Knowledge Volumes: 20 (bound into 10 books) Language: English Publisher: The Grolier Society Inc. Year: 1945 Pages:7580 My copy of The Book of Knowledge:...
The Encyclopædia Britannica - 13th Edition (1926)
General Details Title: The Encylopædia Britannica Thirteenth Edition Volumes: 3 (Added on to the 11th edition) Language: English Publisher: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company Year: 1926 Pages:3491 The Encyclopædia Britannica: A...
The Encyclopædia Britannica - 12th Edition (1922)
General Details Title: The Encylopædia Britannica Twelfth Edition (Handy Volume Issue) Volumes: 3 (Added on to the 11th edition) Language: English Publisher: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company Year: 1922 Pages:3477 The...
The World Book (1919)
Details Title: The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and PictureVolumes: 10Language: EnglishPublisher: Hanson-Roach-Fowler CompanyYear: 1919Pages: 6528 This set isn't quite the first-edition of the World Book encyclopedia - that...
Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1981)
Details Title: Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged Volumes: 3 (my copy) Language: English Publisher: Merriam-Webster (normally); Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (my copy) Year: 1961 (original); 1981...
Kenkyusha's Lighthouse Japanese-English Dictionary (1990)
Details Title: ライトハウス和英辞典・Kenkyusha's Lighthouse Japanese-English Dictionary Volumes: 1 Language: Japanese / English Publisher: 研究者 Year: 1990 Pages: 1,808 I have the second edition of this dictionary. This is a pretty...
A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
Details Title: A Dictionary of the English Language Author: Samuel Johnson Volumes: 2 (facsimile: 1) Language: English Publisher: F. and P Knapton, T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch and L....
Der Grosse Brockhaus (1984)
Details Title: Der Große Brockhaus kompaktausgabe aktualisierte 18. Auflage in 26 BändenVolumes: 26Language: GermanPublisher: F. A. BrockhausYear: 1984Pages: 10,382 I have the "compact edition" of Der Große Brockhaus. The normal...
The Encyclopædia Britannica - 11th Edition (1910)
General Details Title: The Encylopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (Handy Volume Issue) Volumes: 29 Language: English Publisher: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company Year: 1910-1911 (Reprinted in 1915) Pages: 28,731 The 11th edition...
The Millennium Encyclopedic Lexicon (1998)
General Details Title: 新世紀ビジュアル大辞典 Volumes: 1 Language: Japanese Publisher: 学習研究社 Year: 1998 Pages: 3104 The 新世紀ビジュアル大辞典, or The Millennium Encyclopedic Lexicon is a massive 3104-page one-volume encyclopedia that was published...