Title: Smallest English Dictionary in the World.
Publisher: Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow.
Publication Date: 1900
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Circa 1900. 384 printed pages. Portrait frontispiece of Dr. Johnson. All edges yellow. Contemporary ink ownership inscriptions on front pastedown endpaper and back free endpaper. Pages age-toned, with some brown spots and some corners creased. 19 x 28mm. Original red leather with "Bryce's English dictionary" in gilt capital letters on front cover; Pears on rear cover is worn. Comlete with original tin locket. Magnifying glass loop built into a pressed metal locket with ring for charm bracelet on top . This is the standard version with the globe on the back and "smallest dictionary in the world, with magnifying glass" on the front and gilt lacquer interior (dull grey metal with some pitting inside). At the time of publication, it probably was the smallest English dictionary in the world, thanks to David Bryce & Son's use of photo-mechanical reduction in large-scale book production. Bondy, 106. Garbett, 25. Spielmann, 464. Welsh, 2408. Seller Inventory # 5449