A new dictionary of Americanisms being a glossary of words supposed to be peculiar to the United States and the Dominion of Canada

by Sylva Clapin

$500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

New York: Louis Weiss & Co., n.d., 1902 . First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 4 , 581; fine copy in recent half black morocco, red morocco label on spine. The preface is short and of no great interest; the glossary contains some 5,260 entries, which are clear and efficient, though with very few dates and etymologies; and there are three valuable appendices, the first containing lists of 'foreign words' including Indian and Mexican either used in their

• Binding: Leather

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