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Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States
by Bartlett, John Russell
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About This Item
Bartlett and Welford, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. 412 pages. Dictionary and appendix arranged alphabetically. First edition (first printing). Publisher's original brown cloth with embossed design and gilt lettering on spine. A very good copy. Some loss to the spine ends. Foxed most noticably at the endpapers. One (?) page with marginalia. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'To the Hon. Hallibarton with the compliments of John Russell Bartlett / New York Sept. 25, 1848.' With bookplate of Victor de Guinzbourg, UN diplomat and noted proverb and aphorism collector on the front pastedown.
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- Eureka Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 316281
- Title
- Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States
- Author
- Bartlett, John Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bartlett and Welford
- Date Published
- 1848
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