Bryce's Thumb English Dictionary, comprising:besides the ordinary and newest words in the language... scientific, philosophical, literary and technical terms. Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow. [1892]. >>Nora Bryce's copy<<

386 double printed pages set at 90 degrees to the horizontal. Foliated (numbered by leaf) rather than paginated. Portrait frontispiece of Dr. Johnson. Thin paper. Rounded corners. Original brown endpapers. All edges red. Queen Victoria orange halfpenny unused stamp loosely inserted. Nora Bryce's copy, signed in ink on the front free endpaper, and dated 1914. Nora Bryce (née Hobday, was married to David Bryce's son, also named David. This item has impeccable documented provenance as having belonged to David Bryce: it was carefully and lovingly handed down within the direct family of David Bryce until finally disposed of in 2025 by the great-niece of David Bryce's grandaughter. 45 x 55mm. Contemporary full blue morocco. Bondy, 104. Garbett, 14. Spielmann, 67. Welsh, 2389. WorldCat locates three copies worldwide (British Library, Library of Congress, Yale University Library). This dictionary was a precursor to Bryce's even smaller "Smallest English Dictionary in the World" (1893).  Nora married David Bryce Jr. (often called "Davie"), the son of the miniature book publisher David Bryce. Nora's first visit to meet her father-in-law at his house at 60 Berkeley St. in Glasgow was in August 1914, two month's before she inscribed this special unique association copy.