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The Art of Reading, or, rules for the attainment of a just and correct enunciation of written language: mostly selected from Walker's Elements of elocution, and adapted to the use of schools.
by Anonymous. (adapted from John Walker)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Co, 1826. First edition thus. 12mo, 68 pp & 1 plate Contemporary gray paper over boards crudely rebacked in red cloth (not recently). OCLC locates 5 copies
Rebacked, moderately soiled, front hinge started, foxed & toned, previous owner's name & date in pencil at title page, otherwise Very Good.
Described in the preface by the anonymous compiler as an abridgement of Walker's Elements of Elocution which, "divested of all minute disquisition, and rendered strictly practical in its character, might be a useful manual for schools."
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- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 880
- Title
- The Art of Reading, or, rules for the attainment of a just and correct enunciation of written language: mostly selected from Walker's Elements of elocution, and adapted to the use of schools.
- Author
- Anonymous. (adapted from John Walker)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cummings, Hilliard, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1826
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Early American Education, Reading, Elocution,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dialect; Education;
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