A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor Of the English Language

by Walker, John

Available Copies

A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language: in which not only the meaning of every word is explained, and the sound of every syllable distinctly shown but, where words are subject to different pronunciations, the reasons for each are duly considered, and the best pronunciation is selected
More Photos

Show Details

Description:
Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1832. First pocket edition, 12mo, pp. 336; woodcut frontispiece and additional engraved title page, text in double column; original full sheep, black gilt-lettered morocco spine label, all edges marbled; boards and edges rubbed, upper joint cracked but holding, contemporary ownership signature on front pastedown; very good and sound. Actually a reprint of the first (1823) pocket… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$222.28
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language: To which are Prefixed Principles of English Pronunciation; ... with a Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names ; ..

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language: To which are Prefixed Principles of English Pronunciation; ... with a Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names ; ..

by Walker, John(Revised by Arthur Kershaw)

Condition
Used - G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked with edge-wear. Prelims foxed, with occasional foxing elsewhe
Edition
New edition, revised & corrected
Published
1854
Binding
Black hardback cloth cover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Alnwick, Northumberland, GBR
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$167.70

Show Details

Description:
London: William Tegg & Co. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked with edge-wear. Prelims foxed, with occasional foxing elsewhere. 1854. New edition, revised & corrected. Black hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 79pp, 594pp, [93pp]. ... Rules to be Observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for Avoiding their… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$167.70
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language
More Photos

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language

by John Walker

Condition
Used - Fair
Published
1849
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$38.66

Show Details

Description:
Stereotype Edition Greatly Improved. Book is in Fair condition. Front cover board attached by only threads at the top and bottom of spine. Cover boards have edgewear and bumped corners. Rear cover board has a weak joint, hinge still intact. Pages have discoloration and foxing throughout. Note written in front endpaper.
Item Price
A$38.66
A CRITICAL PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY, AND EXPOSITOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. . .

A CRITICAL PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY, AND EXPOSITOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. . .

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Good binding
Published
1836
Binding
Full Leather
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$77.32

Show Details

Description:
New-London: W. & J. Bolles, 1836. Full Leather. Good binding. Octavo. 71, [1], 609, [1], 103 pp. In contemporary sheep. A solid copy that presents well despite many cuts in the leather on of the front cove; contemporary ownership markings on the front free endpaper and preliminary blank; contents with frequent dog-eared leaves; moderate to heavy foxing throughout.… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$77.32
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary And Expositor Of The English Language

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary And Expositor Of The English Language

by Walker, John

Condition
Used
Edition
Fourth Philadelphia from the London Sterotype Edition
Published
1815
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Deep River, Connecticut, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$309.26

Show Details

Description:
Philadelphia: John F. Watson; Kimber & Richardson; et al, 1815. Fourth Philadelphia from the London Sterotype Edition. Very good- in the publisher's original, full, old growth leather covered boards with a red leather label on the spine with gilt text as well as gilt rules on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5". While… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$309.26
No image available

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language:...To Which is Annexed a Key...

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Fair
Published
1831
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$38.66

Show Details

Description:
New York: Collins and Hannay, 1831. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 609, 103pp. Full calf, black leather label. Covers worn and powdering, contents tanned and foxed, one rear free endpaper half torn away , pencil notations on endpapers, dampstaining to corners of a few pages, front board barely attached.
Item Price
A$38.66
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language; or, Sheridan's Dictionary Improved
More Photos

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language; or, Sheridan's Dictionary Improved

by WALKER, John

Condition
Used
Published
1806
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Winchester, Virginia, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$154.63

Show Details

Description:
Dublin: P. Wogan, 1806. Stated fourth edition. Octavo (21.5cm). Contemporary calf, amateur rebacking; plain endpapers; xx,78pp, largely unpaginated. Sound and sturdy, though generally rubbed and worn rebacked with tissue with original spine label laid down, losses to first two blanks, minor worming to prelims, occasional spotting but largely clean: Good or better. Second Dublin edition of "one… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$154.63
No image available

Show Details

Description:
Silas Andrus, 1830. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hartford, 1830; brown full leather boards with gold spine titles; heavy corner and edge wear; heavy soiling and discoloration to boards; 16mo - over 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; no jacket; heavy spotting to endpapers; flyleaf is almost completely missing; spotting throughout interior. 336 pages.
Item Price
A$52.57
No image available

Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language, A

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
None
Edition
5th ed.
Published
1814
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Middlebury, Vermont, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$123.70

Show Details

Description:
New York: I. Riley, 1814. 5th ed.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, contemporary calf, unpaginated. Several pages with creased corners. Calf covers with paste-downs with marking, notes. Corners worn. Light foxing. Binding solid, complete. Record # 63639
Item Price
A$123.70
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language...
More Photos

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language...

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Fair
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Published
1818
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Chanute, Kansas, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$54.12

Show Details

Description:
Philadelphia: Ambrose Walker, 1818. 875 pages. Leather covers are rubbed and scuffed, and show a little wear at spine ends and corners. Leather spine label is mostly missing with only "Walker" remaining. Inked name on blank front free end leaf, dated 1822. Foxing and offsetting throughout, and some moisture stains on edges. Page 17/18 with an open tear along outside… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$54.12
No image available

CRITICAL PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY, AND EXPOSITOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: .... [Stereotype Edition]

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Fair/NO DUSTJACKET
Published
1831
Binding
Leather
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Owego, New York, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$154.63

Show Details

Description:
New York, NY: Collins and Hannay. Fair/NO DUSTJACKET. 1831. Leather. Pronouncing Dictionary . 8vo., v. p., cover rubbed and frayed, pages foxed and stained .
Item Price
A$154.63
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language:    In Which Not Only the Meaning of Every Word is Explained and the Sound of Every Syllable Distinctly Shown, but where Words are Subject to Different Pronunciations, the Authorities of our Best Pronouncing Dictionaries are Fully Exhibited
More Photos

Show Details

Description:
London: T. Cadell, Longman & Co., J. Cuthell et al., 1827. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A handsomely bound copy of Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary. 29th edition. Containing "principles of English pronunciation, in which the sounds of letters, syllables and words, are critically investigated and systematically arranged", "likewise, rules to be observed… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$292.50
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language:  In which, not only the Meaning of every Word is clearly explained, and the Sound of every Syllable distinctly shown, but, where Words are subject to different Pronunciations, the Authorities of our best Pronouncing Dictionaries are fully Exhibited the Reason for each are largely displayed, and the Preferable Pronunciation is pointed out.     To which are prefixed,    Principles of English Pronunciation: in which the Sound of Letters, Syllables, and Words, are critically investigated, and systematically arranged; the Influence of the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity, on the Accent and Quantity of thee English, is thoroughly examined, and clearly defined; and the Analogies of the Language are so fully shown as to lay the Foundation of a Consistent and Rational Pronunciation.     Likewise,     Rules to be observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for avoiding their respective peculiarities; and Directions to Foreigners,
More Photos

Show Details

Description:
London: Printed by A. Wilson for T. Cadell and W. Davies; G. Wilkie; et al., 1818. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5" . None . An interesting dictionary to English pronunciation by John Walker, a later edition. Nineteenth edition of this work. A dictionary of pronunciation of the English language, with useful tips on letters, syllables, and words… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$191.10
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In which not only the meaning of every word is explained and the sound of every syllable distinctly shown, but, where words are subject to different pronunciaitons, the reasons for each are duly considered, and the best pronunciation is selected

Show Details

Description:
Hartford: S. Andrus & Son, 1851. First Pocket Edition [But Reprint]. 12mo (15cm.); publisher's brown blind-tooled morocco, gilt-lettered spine, all edges marbled; 336pp. Boards quite rubbed, hinges cracked and both covers nearly separated, shallow loss to both spine ends, front flyleaf trimmed, contemporary bookseller ticket to front pastedown; Good only, albeit internally sound. From the library of Ben and… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$77.32
No image available

The Farmer's Library, or Essays Designed to Encourage the Pursuits and Promote the Science of Agriculture

by Lathrop, Leonard E.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1825
Binding
Full-Leather
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Corona del Mar, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$92.78

Show Details

Description:
Rutland: William Fay, 1825. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. B Tall Shelf Brown boards. [3]+iv-xii+[1]+14-215p+[1] Interior very good Short tear bottom right corner front fep. 1/2" insect hole leather rear board and rear head.Gilt title on spine.
Item Price
A$92.78
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language
More Photos

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1828
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$69.58

Show Details

Description:
New York: Collins and Hannay, 1828. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, old calf with dark red spine label, good with some rubbing to binding, but solidly bound, half the flyleaves -- both front and rear -- clipped or torn out, some foxing to text. With A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names (separate title… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$69.58
A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language ... : to which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ... : the whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical / by John Walker

A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language ... : to which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ... : the whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical / by John Walker

by Walker, John (1732-1807)

Condition
Used
Edition
New Edition
Published
1840
Binding
Hardback
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Galway, IRL
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$417.50

Show Details

Description:
Edinburgh : printed for Thomas Nelson, 1840. New Edition. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary gilt-blocked, 1/2 leather over marbled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. Light tanning to margins, with some scattered foxing marks to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 587… Read more about this item
Item Price
A$417.50
No image available

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In Which Not Only The Meaning of Every Word is Explained, and the Sound of Every Syllable Distinctly Shown, But, Where Words Are Subject to Different Pronunciations.

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1823
Binding
Full-Leather
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Decatur, Illinois, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$38.66

Show Details

Description:
Hartford CT: Silus Andrus. Good. 1823. Full-Leather. First American Pocket Edition. Leather shows scuffing and wear at spine ends. Probably missing pages at end -- last entry is "worldly" so assume several more pages. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 234 pages .
Item Price
A$38.66
No image available

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language..

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1850
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$44.53

Show Details

Description:
New York: George & H. Miller, 1850. Hardcover. Very Good. ca. 1850s, with preface dated 1804. Davis' stereotype edition. Full calf square 12mo, 505pp. Very good with splitting to the front joint; binding still tight and firm. Text is clean and unmarked.
Item Price
A$44.53
No image available

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language

by Walker, John

Condition
Used - Good
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Frederick, Maryland, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
A$38.72

Show Details

Description:
Benjamin Warner; Thomas & William Bradford. Used - Good. Good condition. Slightly dampstained. (English language, dictionary)
Item Price
A$38.72