The American spelling book: containing the rudiments of the English Language for the use of schools in the United States ... The revised impression, with the latest corrections
by Webster, Noah
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About This Item
Albany: Websters and Skinners, 1819. 12mo, pp. 168; 8 woodcuts illustrating 8 fables; contemporary home-made calf binding with blind geometric details, naively executed and with a few holes in the skin; nibbling to textblock corner resulting in loss of last word on 3 leaves, and again on bottom edge with loss of type on 7 leaves, tidestain on top edge, with the ownership signature of Samuel Kinnes many times on endpapers, with the warning "steal not this book for fear of shame for hear [sic] you see the owner's name." Kinnes dates his purchase of the book twice as 1818. Skeel 176.
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- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
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- Title
- The American spelling book: containing the rudiments of the English Language for the use of schools in the United States ... The revised impression, with the latest corrections
- Author
- Webster, Noah
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Websters and Skinners
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1819
- Keywords
- Orthography , Language , Text Books ,
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- Bindings;
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