A Vocabulary, or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America. To Which is Prefixed an Essay on the Present State of the English Language in the United States
by Pickering, John
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Boston: Cummings and Hillard, 1816. Leather Bound. pp. vii, 206, errata. 8vo. Full brown leather with gilt-lettered red leather title label to spine. Leather splitting at joints (intact but tender), light occasional spotting to contents, old ink name to title page. Sabin 62638.
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- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
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- Title
- A Vocabulary, or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America. To Which is Prefixed an Essay on the Present State of the English Language in the United States
- Author
- Pickering, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cummings and Hillard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1816
- Keywords
- Etymology; Reference; Dictionaries; Americana;
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- Reference;
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- Errata
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