The American standard of orthography and pronunciation, and improved dictionary of the English language, abridged for the use of schools

by Burgiss Allison

$450 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

Burlington, N.J. printed by John S. Meehan, 1815. First edition, 12mo, pp. 16 & unpaginated lexicon in double column, a nice copy in full original sheep, wavy blindstamped fillets on spine. This copy with an early inscription: This book is the property of Niram Pruden bought July 4th 1820 price 8¢. Pruden 1807-1849 of Morristown, Middlesex County, N.J. In the advertisement on the verso of the title, the author hopes for the need of an unabridged

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