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An American dictionary of the English Language ... thoroughly revised, and greatly enlarged and improved ... New edition, with a supplement
by Goodrich, Chauncey A., & Noah Porter, eds
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About This Item
Springfield, Mass: G. & C. Merriam, 1880. Second printing of this edition (first issued in 1879), with the supplement of new words and a revised biographical dictionary by Loomis M. Campbell; 3 volumes, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece of Webster after Samuel F. B. Morse, engraved vignette title page in volume II, 4 color plates of flags and badges, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; lexicon in triple column; publisher's original brown cloth, elabortately printed advertisements and testamonials on endpapers in volumes I and II, gilt-lettered spines; spine ends chipped, extremities rubbed, else good and sound. The book was also issued in a doorstop edition of a single volume. Kennedy 6539; Vancil, p. 268.
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- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Title
- An American dictionary of the English Language ... thoroughly revised, and greatly enlarged and improved ... New edition, with a supplement
- Author
- Goodrich, Chauncey A., & Noah Porter, eds
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. & C. Merriam
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, Mass
- Date Published
- 1880
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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