Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and Rogets Thesaurus
...on Paper!
(essexfriend, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 19:55, 3 replies)

I own the Full Liddell and Scott Lexicon.
It's around the volume of a shoebox (slightly shallower but wider) with bible-thin paper. I love it.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 1:50, closed)

I have a full-size one!
And also a full-size OED. Two volumes, each of size and mass sufficient to bring a grown man to an unhappy place if it's resting on his knees for too long. Rizla paper. Tiny font. A magnifying glass comes with.

It's all an interesting read though...
(Large Hardon Collider Bah Bloody Humbug, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 20:30, closed)

The Shorter OED is great
Got mine for £16 from Oxfam.

I'd never buy a full set as they're incredibly expensive and I haven't got room, but I love pulling out one of the volumes of the Shorter OED to get a properly thorough answer on something.

Also - Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable is an old-fashioned reference joy.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Mon 8 Nov 2010, 0:04, closed)