American Phonographic Dictionary
by Longley, Elias
- Used
- Condition
- good: age wear to boards and spine, scuffing at edges of spine and corners, hinge starting at endpapers, spots of foxing to endp/no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke and Co, 1885. hardcover. good: age wear to boards and spine, scuffing at edges of spine and corners, hinge starting at endpapers, spots of foxing to endpapers, stamp on endpapers, text clean, binding intact./no DJ. 8vo 368pp. from Preface: "Whatever the authors of other Phonographic Dictionaries, so called, may have had in their minds when they planned their works, the author of the "American Phonographic Dictionary," which the reader now holds in his hands, determined that eh would give a practical and ocular demonstration of the manner in which, according to his judgment, the fifty thousand useful words of the English language should be phonographically written." #01290.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1222
- Title
- American Phonographic Dictionary
- Author
- Longley, Elias
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good: age wear to boards and spine, scuffing at edges of spine and corners, hinge starting at endpapers, spots of foxing to endp
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Clarke and Co
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- dictionary, reference, phonographic dictionary, nonfiction, shorthand
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