Dr. Johnson and Noah Webster: Two Men & their Dictionaries
by Littlejohn, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Used - Like New. 1971. Hardcover. Publication 139. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, quarto, 84 pp. illustrated. With a matched pair of original leaves from A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, A.M. (1755) and An American Dictionary of the Enlish Langauge by Noah Webster, LL.D. (1828) laid in. Gilt stamped red leather spine label. Some spoting to cloth; upper rear croner slightly bumped. Overall, near fine Slight Shelf Wear; Otherwise, Fine.
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- Seller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- S33103
- Title
- Dr. Johnson and Noah Webster: Two Men & their Dictionaries
- Author
- Littlejohn, David
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- San Francisco: The Book Club of California
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