Search Results: Language from The Wild Muse

Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1803. Thirteenth Edition - 1803. An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking. Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth. And Also to Instruct Them in the Geography, History, and Politics of the United States. To Which Are Prefixed, Rules of Elocution, and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind. Being the Third Part of a Grammatical Institute of the English Language. To Which Is Added, an Appendix, Containing Several New Dialogues. Published Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1803. 12mo., 4 1/4" x 6 3/4", 238pp., quarter leather and paper coverd boards, shelfworn, rear cover worn, inner paper covered hinges split, loss at the corners of last page affecting a few lines of text, several pages have marks in the margins, name in ink on front f/l and pastedown. Binding tight, text good. Good.. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.

NY: Knopf, 1974. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1974. Thick 8vo., xxv+777+cxxiv pp. Maroon cloth with gold leaf designs and titles. Label ghost on half title, minor fade to top edge tinting, otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with a short closed tear.. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. 3/4 bound morocco with raised bands and gilt ornaments. Published Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982, reprinted with corrections, 1983. 8vo., xx+1260pp. Bound in 3/4 morocco with marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilting. Near fine. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Oxford Univ Pr, 1999. Tenth Edition. Thumb index edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Oxford Univ Pr., 1999, first printing. Thickn 8vo., xx+1666 pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles. Fine copy with no wear in a fine dust jacket.. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo..

London: Chancellor Press, 1988. First edition thus. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Chancellor Press,1988, first printing. 8vo., 745pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..

London: George G Harrap, 1960. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: George G Harrap, 1960, third printing. 8vo., xviii+669pp. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. Very good in fair dust jacket, chipped at the heel and crown. . Hard. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

London: Griffith & Farran, 1884. First English edition. Hard cover half leather. Published London: Griffith & Farran, 1884. 12 mo., 77pp. Bound in brown pebbled leather over burgundy cloth, burgundy and black marbled endpapers. Mild foxing to the last few pages, gentle rub to lower tips, else very good plus in near fine binding. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.

London: Thomas Murby & Co, 1931. First edition. Hard cover. Published London: Thomas Murby & Co., 1931, first printing. 8vo., xvii+250pp., plus publisher's catalog. Ribbed blue cloth with gilt titles. Near fine.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1965. First edition thus. Trade soft cover. Published NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1965. 8vo. Reprint of the 1933 edition. Light spotting to edges, otherwise very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

Valletta, Malta: Gulf Publishing, 1980. First edition. Hard cover. Published Valletta, Malta: Gulf Publishing, 1980, first printing, with errata slip laid in.. 8vo., vii+499pp. Slight wear to lower corner, else near fine.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Macmillan, 1959. Second Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Macmillan, 1959. small 4to., 7 3/4" x 10 3/4", xix+970pp. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles, top edges titnted burgundy. Faint dust spotting on edges, else very good plus in very good dust jacketwith a chip at the crown. A very attractive copy. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. Fourth Edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, first printing. Large 8vo., viii+599pp., illustrated. Mild curl to corners of a few sheets, else very good. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. Hard cover. Quarter bound leather. Published NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. thick, large 8vo., 7 1/2" x 10", xvi+675+xv+604pp. Triple column pages. Brown laeather with gilt titles over brown cloth. Wear along the edges, tips tender. Binding tight, internally clean, a few sheets have closed tears. Good plus. . Hard. Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: Random House, 1993. Second Edition, thumb indexed. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Random House, 1993. Thick folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/2", xxxix+2478pp., plus 32pp. of full color maps, illustrated throughout with b/w reproductions. Grey cloth with silver titles. Fine, crisp in fine dust jacket. . Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1839. First edition. Full leather. Published Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1839. 12mo., 4 1/2" x 7 1/2", viii+160pp. Full calf with leather spine label. Scuffing/wear to the leather, sweating stain to top corner of first 20 pages, top corner of page 60 chipped with slight loss to text (supplied in facsimilie), mild foxing, label on fly leaf. Binding tight, text unmarked. Good. Scarce. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.

Springfield Mass: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1946. Fifth Edition. Full leather. The Largest Abridgment of Webster's New International Dictionary. Published Springfield Mass: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1946. 8vo., xxxiv+1275pp. blind embossed full leather, thumb indexed, all edge gilting, blue endpapers. Some wear at the crrown, light rub at heel and edges, previous owner bookplate on pastedown, name stamp on title page. Very good, attractive, strongly bound. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1942. 1942 issue of the Second Edition, Unabridged, Thumb Indexed on India paper. Published Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1942. Thick folio, 9 1/2" x 12" x 3 1/4" thick, civ+3210pp, illustrated color frontis portrait, color and black and white plates, and reproductions within the text. Bound in blind embossed tan cloth with gilt cover and spine titles, all edge speckle, brown linen endpapers. Minor creasing/wrinkle to several sheets, light wear at the tips, previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, unobtrusive initials on top edge of page block, inscription on verso of frontis, else a very good attractive copy. Clean, pages bright white, unmarked, binding straight, hinges strong, finger tabs all present and attached. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.