English Synonymes Explained, In Alphabetical Order; With Copious Illustrations and Examples Drawn From The Best Writers by Crabb, George - 1819

Harper & Brothers Harper & Brothers, no publishing date listed, new edition with additions and corrections, 8vo., 856 pages. Book bound in a brown cloth, no dust jacket, lettering in gilt on spine, else good+ condition.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Simpkin, Marshall Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. no date, prob late 19th century, red cloth, 801pp.. Hardcover.

London : Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1875. Cloth. Good/Good. 9" by 5.5". None. A grammatical work on synonyms from George Crabb. New edition, with additions and corrections. With copious illustrations and examples drawn from the best writer. In a green cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some bumping and a few marks. Hinges are strained. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Pages are bright, though with some slight marginal age-toning and scattered foxing throughout. Good

Harper & Bros., 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo in publisher's brown cloth, spine title in gilt. Binding tight and square, modest rubbing at the corners and spine ends, p.o. signature.

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1826. Full Leather. Very Good. Early American Edition. From the Third London Edition, Revised and Corrected. Hardcover. Full brown calf, two red leather spine labels, gilt titles. 8vo. 719pp. Very Good. Rubbing to leather, spine leather cracked, chipping at spine-ends and front bottom corner, light age toning to contents.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston: Charles Ewer, 1819. Very Good. Boston: Charles Ewer, 1819. First American Edition, from the Second London Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Corrected. Thick Octavo. 1006 pages; text in double columns. Rebacked with original calf retained. Red spine label with gilt lettering. Boards a bit warped, with some shallow chipping to original leather along seams with new backing and at tail of spine. Small, old ownership inscription of a "Chas. A. Lewis" with unclear college attribution at top of front free endpaper. Back hinge cracked but secure, with front hinge overly tight. Staining to top page edges about 1.5" out from spine, which has not affected top margins of pages themselves. Opens easily to between a few gatherings, but binding is sound. Pages unmarked. First published in 1816, this was Crabb's most successful work and remains in print today. This copy from the personal library of journalist and language writer William Safire, with no ownership markings.

Boston: Charles Ewer. First American Edition, from the Second London Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Corrected. Full leather binding with 5 raised bands and a black title slip. Nice binding with just a few nicks at the head of the spine, Small, old bookplate indicating that this book at one time belonged to the theological seminary of the As. Presb. Church, previous owner's name in ink, two-inch tear along spine edge and some edge chips on front free endpaper, some edge dampstain on two rear leaves, pencil notation on a rear blank, internals nice, Good. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1819.