Dal (Vladimir Ivanovich) Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, 4 vols., vols. 1, 2 & 4 third edition, vol. 3 fourth edition, portrait frontispiece, vols. 3 & 4 with half-titles, vol. 1 lacking two leaves (pp. 1349-1352 & 1369-1372) and two leaves with loss affecting text, vol. 1 with repaired tears, browning throughout, numerous leaves / quires loose, including vol. 1 frontispiece and vol. 2 title page (also with blue stain), cloth, splitting to spine of vol. 2, damp staining, 4to, Moscow, Society of Lovers of Russian Literature, 1903-12 (4) *** Edited by Baudouin de Courtenay, the third edition included new and obscene words.