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ref. DADAX143410396XWaking Lion Press 2015-07-30. hardcover. New. 8.50x1.94x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Waking Lion Press hardcover
2010ref. DADAX1434103013Editorium 2010-05-18. Compact ed. paperback. New. 8.30x1.70x11.70. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Editorium paperback
1927ref. 3355G. Bell & Sons and G. C. Merriam 1927. Leather_bound. Good. publisher: London G. Bell & Sons and Springfield G. C. Merriam Three quater leather bound. London G. Bell & Sons and Springfield G. C. Merriam 1927. CXX 2620 This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery One or two loose pages. Illustraions at rear. G. Bell & Sons and G. C. Merriam hardcover
1920ref. 300407London; Springfield Mass. : George Bell & sons 1920. 6th edition. Hardcover. Good to very good cloth copy bound in gilt-blocked half aniline calf. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xcii 2614 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries. English - language ; Dictionaries. London; Springfield, Mass. : George Bell & sons hardcover
1836ref. 42461Sandbornton N.H.: Charles Lane. Good. Hardcover. 16mo; 144 pages; Contents clean and complete housed in original wood boards covered in blue paper paper worn boards exposed in places leather spine worn away front board detached lacks blank ffep; needs rebacking. Bookplate of former owner on fep "E.W. Phillips" D.D. Fisk Printer. OCLC 476492706 Skeel 256a Illustrated with numeroud wood engravings. Noah Webster Jr. 1758 - 1843 was an American lexicographer textbook pioneer English-language spelling reformer political writer editor and prolific author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education." His "blue-backed speller" books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read. "In the 'Speller' Noah Webster sought to free American language from the “pedantry” of English forms and traditions. He believed that the American people were the proper arbiters of correct speech and that spelling should be simplified and brought into better agreement with pronunciation. For Webster these changes in language were only part of a larger cultural transformation that would cut America free from what he saw as a corrupt and failing English/European mindset. His American Revolution was not just about changing political and economic institutions it was about shaping a new American identity. Noah Webster’s incredibly popular book shows how the revolutionary spirit once unleashed can push change in a variety of directions." from The Blue-Backed Speller – Forgotten Intellectual Legacy of the American Revolution 2014 . 1836. Charles Lane hardcover
1937ref. 258258OH: World Syndicate 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcovers. 2 volume set. A comprehensive addenda of newest words compiled by Joseph Devlin. Profusely illustrated. Unabridged dictionary. Pages are clean. Nameplate inside both books front covers. Corners on cover lightly bent. Spine browning on both books. World Syndicate hardcover
1970ref. 39628Cleveland: World Publishing Company 1970. Large thick 4to pp. xiv 2129 160 8 leaves of color maps some double page; pictorial endpapers text illustrations throughout; original olive cloth gilt lettering blue and gilt decorative boarders all edges speckled; in tan white and blue printed dust jacket; a bit rubbed a few shallow tears along jacket edges else a fine copy. World Publishing Company unknown
1936ref. 39633Cleveland: World Syndicate Publishing Company 1936. 2 volumes large 4to pp. lvi 968 969-2024 8 leaves of color maps; engraved portrait frontispiece of Webster in volume 1 text illustrations throughout; original tan embossed cloth red and black-stamped spine labels all edges red; some shelf wear edges and corners a bit rubbed; pages uniformly toned; an attractive set. "This dictionary is not published by the original publishers of Webster's Dictionary or by their successors" - at head of title pages. World Syndicate Publishing Company unknown
1836ref. 39574Sandbornton N.H.: Charles Lane 1836. Small 8vo pp. 144; wood-engraved illustrations throughout; contemporary brown paper-backed blue boards some water stains shelf wear wooden boards exposed in various places 1/4-inch loss at spine head hinges weak; foxing pages uniformly toned; interior in over all good condition. 1817 copyright application printed on t.p. verso. Skeel 256a. Charles Lane unknown
1918ref. 003950Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company 1918 567pp 9 bound in original green cloth back hinge cracked binding is tight. Cloth tape over backstrip. "With Illustrations Wherever Needed to Elucidate Definitions". States on the title page "This Dictionary is not published by the original Publishers of Webster's Dictionary or by their Successors". The Saalfield Publishing Company hardcover
1927ref. 033529Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers Inc. 1927 921 numbered pp several hundred pages of "reference library"; flexible boards. Pages: clean bright tight red edgestain black eps multiple frontis; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: black dull gilt titles front/spine; substantial shelfwear extrems well worn crnrs f.e. and joints worn through. A fatty. Scarce. Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc. hardcover
1855ref. 039368George & Charles Merriam 1855. B0008BHGE4 1855 Vintage large heavy book edges & boards scuffed & scratched but binding is tight some spotting on pages but overall very good for it's age. Inscription from 1863. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. George & Charles Merriam Hardcover
1858ref. j0614London: William Mackenzie. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and marked with edge-wear. Spines faded. Some inner hinge cracking. Some foxing occasionally heavy. 1858. New and Enlarged Edition. Black hardback cloth cover with blue leather spine. 280mm x 210mm 11" x 8". xxiv 613pp 111pp; 648pp 166pp. 21 plates with frontispiece included 2 with colour b/w in-text illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . William Mackenzie hardcover
1973ref. mon0000150913WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 5.3000 in x 11.3000 in x 8.9000 in. WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY hardcover
ref. 0385246102.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1871ref. 26931Tokyo: Binsei Kyosho 1871. Fukurotoji 7.25" x 4.75" 27 leaves; original blue wrappers printed paper label on upper cover; some wear dampstain entering text at bottom margins but generally good or better and preserving the original printed fukuro paper sheath. Spelling book in English with a Japanese translation by Yôyû Shisui. Osaka Joshi Daigaiku Library Selected Catalogue of Dutch and English Studies B-5. NYPL only in OCLC. [Binsei Kyosho] unknown
1799ref. 162886Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1799. First Edition. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. xii 9-348; iv 352pp. 8vo contemporary mottled calf with red leather spine labels bindings are rubbed and a little wormed; hinges on first volume are repaired but still solid and attractive; dampstains on front endpaper & blank flyleaf in first volume; pages toned as usual with some light foxing; small ink signatures on titles of both volumes; 2 pages in second volume have tears that were crudely taped and are now discolored. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1799. First edition. Webster surveyed known data from epidemics since the time of Christ in order to prove his theory that these diseases were not contagious but were caused by environmental changes. Despite his incorrect conlculsions his work was widely read and quite influential. William Osler called this book "the most important medical work written in this country by a layman." - GM 1675.1; Austin 2023; Heirs of Hippocrates 1160. Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
1890ref. 60306Tokyo & Osaka: various publishers 1890. 17 volumes 12mo and 8vo all in original blue printed paper-covered boards backed in cloth; condition ranges from fair to near fine. All with the title or variant title of The Elementary Spelling-Book with the following imprints and variations: 1 Tokio: Bookselling Co. after 1866 pp. 3-170 2 Japanese title Japanese mss. notes on rear endpaper; 2 Tokio: Rikugokuwan after 1866 pp. 3-170 2 Japanese title Japanese licensing stamps and ownership stamp on first and last leaves in red; 3 Tokio & Osaka: Rikugokuwan after 1866 pp. 3-170 2 Japanese title Japanese licensing stamp in red; 4 Osaka: Nakagawa ca. 1885 pp. 2 Japanese title 170 2 endpapers printed in Japanese; 5 Tokio & Osaka: Bookselling Co. after 1866 Japanese mss. notes and a drawing on the endpapers sadly defective with the loss of the title-p. and several others; 6 Tokio & Osaka: Daitokuwan after 1880 colophon gives publisher as Hobunkwan pp. 3-174 6 ads in both Japanese and English; 7 Tokio & Osaka: Daitokuwan after 1880 pp. 3-174 2 title in Japanese; Japanese licensing stamp in red; 8 Tokio: Maruya & Co. after 1880 pp. 5-174 lacking title-p. printed Maruya ads on rear pastedown; 9 Tokio & Osaka: Daitokuwan after 1880 pp. 3-174 2 title in Japanese; Japanese licensing stamp printed in red; 10 Tokio & Osaka: Daitokuwan after 1880 pp. 3-174; 11 Tokyo: B. Tsujioka after 1880 pp. 3-174; Japanese title on rear pastedown; 12 New York: D. Appleton pp. 3-176; printed Japanese text on both pastedowns; 13 New York: D. Appleton pp. 3-176; printed Japanese text on verso of title page last leaf and rear pastedown; licensing stamp printed in red affixed to last flyleaf; 14 New York: D. Appleton pp. 3-128 lacks last signature Japanese text on rear pastedown; 15 Tokyo: Sugimoto after 1880 pp. 3-174 Japanese mss. on front pastedown Japanese text on rear pastedown; 16 Osaka: Sekizenkwan 1887 pp. 3-114 4 Japanese text; Japanese mss. notes on front and back flyleaves; 17 Osaka: Sekizenkwan 1887 pp. 5-114 1 Japanese text presumably lacking a title-p. but there's no evidence of it. various publishers unknown books
1790ref. 371006Boston: Printed .for the author by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. At Faust's Statue no. 45 Newbury Street 1790. First Edition. xvi 1-414pp. 8vo. Later brown cloth inner hinge of title-page strengthened. First Edition. xvi 1-414pp. 8vo. "Early example of phonetic spelling" - Howes W203; Skeel 745; Evans 23053; Sabin 102344 Printed ...for the author, by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. At Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street unknown books
1790ref. 260813Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1790. First. hardcover. very good. xvi 414 pages. 8vo contemporary sheep with old hand-written spine label chipped; binding well-rubbed and front joint tender but still sound; pages toned and with scattered staining; several pages chipped in margins with no loss of text; first and last several pages darkened at edges from leather binding; ownership signature dated June 1847 on the front blank. Boston I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1790. First edition of the first collection of Webster's writings. Overall despite faults a very good copy of this uncommon book. An early example of phonetic spelling. "In the essays ritten within the last yeer a considerable change of spelling iz introduced by way of experiment": this striking early attempt at a phonetic orthography was to find its final fruit in Webster's famous dictionary forty years later. The broad subject matter addresses Government Education Ettiquette Finance History Native Americana etc. The list of subscribers included John Adams 2 copies twelve senators and numerous Massachusetts and Connecticut luminaries. -- Alston III 398; Evans 23053; Sabin 102344; Skeel 745; Howes W-203. I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews unknown books
1843ref. 1363499New York: Webster & Clark 1843. Hardcover. Octavo; 373 pages; G; Rebound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Minor edgewear; Textblock has age toning foxing to pages damp staining to pages along tail edge brown stains on some pages waviness to pages from moisture; RWO. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Wegewood Section. 1363499. Special Collections. Webster & Clark hardcover books
1833ref. 2749New York: Huntington and Savage 1833. Leather bound. Fair. Leather bound. 5 3/8" X 4 3/8". vi 341pp plus one leaf of testimonials. Original leatherbound boards with black gilt-stamped title label to spine. Heavy wear to binding with boards exposed at extremities and edges of spine heavy scattered rubbing and chipping. Spine mostly disintegrated with title label present but peeling away. Warping to boards. Lean to spine. Hinges cracking mostly detached. Previous owner's name to front pastedown and the half of rear free endpaper present. Dampstain to pages 321 through to the end. Age toning to pages. Dictionary in triple column. 5 3/8" X 4 3/8". vi 341pp plus one leaf of testimonials. Original leatherbound boards with black gilt-stamped title label to spine. Heavy wear to binding with boards exposed at extremities and edges of spine heavy scattered rubbing and chipping. Spine mostly disintegrated with title label present but peeling away. Warping to boards. Lean to spine. Hinges cracking mostly detached. Previous owner's name to front pastedown and the half of rear free endpaper present. Dampstain to pages 321 through to the end. Age toning to pages. Dictionary in triple column. Huntington and Savage unknown books
1817ref. 64586Hartford: printed by George Goodwin & Sons 1817. Second and last edition of Webster's School Dictionary first published in 1807 published here with an expanded Preface and a larger vocabulary and omitting the chronological table square 12mo pp. v 1 366 contemporary calf rebacked black morocco label on spine; dampstaining mostly to last few leaves margins of flyleaves and corner of title page repaired some pencil scribbling in preliminaries a good sound copy of a scarce book. American Imprints 42857; Skeel 579. printed by George Goodwin & Sons unknown books
1831ref. 71210London: published by Black Young and Young foreign booksellers to the King 1831. First English edition used by Webster as a template for his 1841 octavo "reprinted by E. H. Barker Esq. of Thetford Norfolk from a copy communicated by the author and containing many manuscript corrections and additions: with an appendix by the editor"; 2 volumes 4to; 20th-century half green straight-grain morocco gilt-titled direct on gilt-paneled spines; title pages a bit foxed vertical crease on the title of volume II; otherwise a very good sound and clean copy preserving the terminal advertisement leaf in volume I. Early 20th-century ownership signature in pencil of Arno Clapham on the least leaf of each volume. One of the scarcest of the early editions of Webster. Of note is the inclusion of Joseph Worcester's "Synopsis of Words pronounced by different Orthoepists" extracted from the American edition of 1829 which was edited by Worcester and published prior to the rift that developed between the two lexicographers. As to the text of the lexicon itself Skeel notes that it "was reworked by the English editor and was not merely a reprinting" which is likely the reason Webster chose it as a model for his 1841 revision. Perhaps there is an article on the relationship between this English edition and the 1841 octavo but I'm not aware of one. Vancil p. 260; see Skeel 589 and 589A. published by Black, Young, and Young, foreign booksellers to the King unknown books
1832ref. 34082London: published by Black Young and Young foreign booksellers to the King 1832. First English edition used by Webster as a template for his 1841 octavo "reprinted by E.H. Barker Esq. of Thetford Norfolk from a copy communicated by the author and containing many manuscript corrections and additions: with an appendix by the editor"; 2 volumes 4to; pp. viii i-civ plus unpaginated lexicon in triple column; 2 and unpaginated lexicon; the publisher's advertisements noted by Skeel have not been preserved in this copy. A good sound copy in mid-19th-century half calf over marbled boards rubbed and scuffed top of one spine with small chip; good and sound. One of the scarcest of the early editions of Webster. Of note is the inclusion of Joseph Worcester's "Synopsis of Words pronounced by different Orthoepists" extracted from the American edition of 1829 which was edited by Worcester and published prior to the rift that developed between the two lexicographers. As to the text of the lexicon itself Skeel notes that it "was reworked by the English editor and was not merely a reprinting." Vancil p. 260; Skeel 589A. published by Black, Young, and Young, foreign booksellers to the King unknown books
