A group of thirteen dictionaries, thesauruses and books on crossword puzzles. Thirteen volumes, including: Burges Johnson's New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets' Handbook, 1957, revised edition, cloth in dust jacket, a fine copy; Sue Young's The New Comprehensive Rhyming Dictionary, 1991, stated first edition, first printing, cloth in jacket, a fine copy; Roget's International Thesaurus, 1962, stated third edition, coth, extremities toned; Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, revised edition, cloth; The American Thesaurus of Slang, 1942, second printing, cloth, rubbed; The New Comprehensive Rhyming Dictionary, 1991, Avon, softcover; Chambers Anagrams, 1985, softcover; J.I. Rodale's The Synonym Finder, 1978, revised edition, softcover, with the booklabel of Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon; Longman Anagram Dictionary, 1985, first edition, cloth in jacket; and four other volumes on crossword puzzles.

Stephen Sondheim's use of thesauruses and rhyming dictionaries in his writing is well known. In a 2010 interview with Jeffery Brown of PBS it was noted: "Sondheim writes lying down, better for a quick nap when things aren't going well, he says. He uses an old rhyming dictionary and a 1946 edition of "Roget's Thesaurus." Present here are three rhyming dictionaries, an interesting dictionary of phrase and fable, a slang dictionary, and of course a copy of Roget's thesaurus (here a 1962 edition). Mr. Sondheim was also a creator of crossword puzzles and student of word games of all types. Included in the lot is several works on anagrams, crossword finishers, manuals, and a crossword anagram dictionary.