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A Dictionary Of The English Language: Compiled For The Use Of Common Schools In The United States
by Webster, Noah
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
N. Haven:: Sidney's Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. School Book; Reference; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; v, [1], 306 pages; [Early American Children's Books] A Dictionary of The English Language: Compiled for The Use of Common Schools in The United States. Contemp. Sheep leather, red and gilt morocco spine label; rubbed. Contents good and comlete. Some internal spotting, ink signatures on title, light red ink annotation on verso of title, blank end papers frayed, binding solid. American Imprints 14188. Webster had published his first dictionary a year earlier but revised and shortened the text for this subsequent edition to better satisfy the more simple needs of schoolchildren. The 1806 1st has 408pp. The pagination for the 1807 1st school dictionary is v, [1], 306, quite a bit shorter. .
Synopsis
Published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language. There was dissatisfaction with the dictionaries of the period, so in June 1746 a group of London booksellers contracted Johnson to write a dictionary for the sum of 1,500 guineas (£1,575), equivalent to about £230,000 as of 2010.
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- Title
- A Dictionary Of The English Language: Compiled For The Use Of Common Schools In The United States
- Author
- Webster, Noah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sidney's Press
- Place of Publication
- N. Haven:
- Date Published
- 1807
- Bookseller catalogs
- Text Book;
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- First Edition
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- Morocco
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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