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. No inscriptions. Original pink retailer's label on rear paste-down endpaper for Garton, Freestone Bookseller, 4 The Poultry, Nottingham. 19 x 28 mm. Original red leather with "Bryce's English dictionary" in gilt capital letters on front cover; Pears on rear cover is still bright. Complete 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. Pistner, B233:7. Spielmann, 464. Welsh, 2408.
- The Garton, Freestone bookshop was situated at 4 The Poultry, a street in the Nottingham city centre between the Flying Horse Inn and Victoria Street, an area known for commerce and trade.