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Watertown, NY: Knowlton & Rice, 1832. 168 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ brown leather spine. Binding soiled and worn w/ wear to extremities. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Hinges starting. Insect damage to edges of front paste-down and first few leaves. Approx. 2" tear to page 13. Light foxing throughout. This book is designed to teach the Orthography and Orthoepy of J. Walker. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece drawings.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Amsterdam and London/New York: North-Holland Publishing Company/Fleet Academic Editions, Inc., 1969. 132 pp. Original mint green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Faint sunning to edges. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1980) 556 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers, very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light soiling to bottom edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ approx. 1" closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. Contents very nice.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Printed by J. F. Dove for Richard Priestley, 1820. Containing Remarks on the Metre of the English; on the Origin and Aeolism/Eolism of the Roman; on the General History of the Greek; with an Account of its Ancient Tones, and a Defence of their Present Accentual Marks; With Some Additions From the Papers of Dr. Taylor and Mr. Markland; To Which is Subjoined, The Greek Elegiac Poem of M. Musurus, Addresses to Leo X. with a Latin Version and Notes; Containing Dr. G's Two Dissertations Against Pronouncing the Greek Language According to Accents, with a Reply to Dr. G.'s Second Dissertation in Answer to the Essay. 388 pp. Original brown paper covered boards w/ gray paper spine. Covers detached, but present. Light dampstains to boards. Lacks majority of spine. Previous owner's names on blank endpapers, and top margin of title page; bookseller's small label at top corner of front paste-down. Light foxing throughout. Leaves untrimmed. Regardless of the foxing, leaves are still… Read More

New York, Washington, London: Frederick A. Praeger (1968) 352 pp. Original gray cloth covers, very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends; light soiling to edges of text block. Few very short tears to outer margins of leaves 339 thru 344, not affecting any text, otherwise, contents nice. A strong, sturdy copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Edward Stanford, 1909. 688 pp. Original red flexible cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled. First few leaves wrinkled, otherwise, contents nice.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1922. 904 pp. Original olive green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine and edges sunned. Rear inner hinge cracked at page 902. Light scattered foxing.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1965. Original red wraps, lightly soiled and spines sunned. Light dampstain to top margin of front cover of Part I w/ cover bleed to margin of a few pages near cover, which does not affect text; light dampstain to top corner of rear cover of Part II w/ cover bleed to top corner of last several leaves, which does not affect text. Otherwise, contents nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Scarce.

Tokyo, Japan: Oreste Vaccari, 1946. 236+182 pp. Original red paper covered boards w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light wear to extremities. Slight lean to covers. Previous bookseller's small label on rear paste-down. Text in Japanese and English.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1862. 564 pp. Original black covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Binding a bit rubbed w/ light wear to extremities. All edges gilt, but rubbed. Faint dampstain to top corner of first few leaves. Previous owner's name in pencil on front blank endpaper. A nice little pocket book.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall.

New York, NY: Philosophical Library (1957) 154 pp. Original brown cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name stamp on front blank endpaper. Occasional notes in margins. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to edges; modest chipping to spine ends.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company (1858) 152 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Faint dampstain to outer margin of front blank endpaper.. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. 382+32 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration on front cover and spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Inscription to previous owner on front blank endpaper. Light scattered foxing. 32 pp. of advertisements in rear are age toned.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Bonanza Books (No Date) 476 pp. Original gray cloth covers; spine and edges a bit sunned. Light fraying to spine ends. Tiny, faint dampstain at top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several closed tears to edges. Spine and edges darkened. Few small, faint dampstains to front panel. Contents nice.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. 226 pp. Original dark green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends a bit bumped. Previous bookseller's small label, and small pencil inscription to previous owner, on front paste-down. Ink markings and notations to several leaves. DJ lightly soiled; spine a bit sunned w/ small, faint dampstains. Price clipped.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1955. 182 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Approx. 1/2" tear to bottom margin of title page, not affecting any text. DJ lightly soiled. Spine and edges darkened. Illust. w/ b/w plates and figures. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bronxville, NY: Reider T. Sherwin, 1944. 178 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Spine ends a bit bumped. Very tiny tear to outer margins of leaves 23 through 50, not affecting any text. Otherwise, contents nice. This title was published without a DJ.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Greenberg Publisher (1932) 166 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ three tiny nicks on spine. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name in pencil on front paste-down. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Illust. w/ b/w advertisements.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.