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Standard Dictionary of the English Language - Upon Original Plans Vol I & II by Funk, Isaac K. et al - 1902

by Funk, Isaac K. et al

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Standard Dictionary of the English Language - Upon Original Plans Vol I & II by Funk, Isaac K. et al - 1902

Standard Dictionary of the English Language - Upon Original Plans Vol I & II

by Funk, Isaac K. et al

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London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes. Brown leather, blind stamped designs to boards. Gilt decoration and titles to spine.. Marbled edges and endpapers. Thumb-index tabs. Volume l. A - L, rubbed to extremities. Spine eased, textblock fine. Volume ll ease at page 1094. A Standard Dictionary of the English Language upon original plans designed to give, in complete and accurate statement, in the light of the most recent advances in knowledge, and in the readiest form for popular use, the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of all the words and the idiomatic phrases in the speech and literature of the English speaking peoples. Prepared by 250 specialists and other scholars. Very heavy set, no overseas shipments, expect extra postage request..
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Funk & Wagnalls Company
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1902
  • Keywords DICTIONARIES REFERENCE
  • Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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New York, London & Toronto: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1893-95., 1893. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. xix, [1], 1060; 1 p.l., 1061-2318. 14 plates (1 double-page, 10 colour) & numerous text illus. text in triple columns. contemporary blind & gilt-stamped leather (joints & extremities rubbed, joints starting to crack, spines faded, 1 plate with long tear – no loss). First Edition. The general editor believed strongly in accurate phonetics and simplified spellings whenever possible. Definitions were ordered according to current, rather than historical usage and etymologies were placed at the end of definitions rather than at the beginning.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
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