George Latimer Apperson ISO, (1857–1937) was a school inspector and man of letters.
He was editor of The Antiquary from 1899–1915, and a major contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary, both submitting large numbers of quotations and serving as subeditor for parts.[1]
Apperson was created Companion of the Imperial Service Order in 1903, for his service in the Scotch Education Department within the Scottish Office at Whitehall.[2]
The following list has come from a search[3] on the Jisc Library Hub Discover database.[note 1], with details checked by looking at advertisements and reviews for the works at the time of publication in the British Newspaper Archive.
Ser. | Year | Title | Publisher | Pages | Notes |
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1 | 1901 | An Idler's Calendar: open air sketches and studies | George Allen, London | 254, 1 p., 8º | [note 2] |
2 | 1903 | Bygone London Life: pictures from a vanished past | Elliot Stock, London | x, 151 p., 8º | [note 3] |
3 | 1907 | Gleanings after time: chapters in social and domestic history | Elliot Stock, London | 213 p., 8º | [note 4] |
4 | 1914 | The social history of smoking | M. Secker, London | 230 p., 8º | [note 5] |
5 | 1929 | English proverbs and proverbial phrases : a historical dictionary | Dent, London | 721 p., 8º | [note 6] |
6 | 1932 | A Jane Austen dictionary | C. Palmer, London | xii, 170 p., 8º | [note 7] |