Dictionary of Americanisms. A glossary of words and phrases, usually regarded as peculiar to the United States

by John Russell Bartlett

$300 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

New York: Bartlett and Welford, 1848. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxvii, [1], 412; original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine; a few cracks to spine; hinges reinforced, preliminaries foxed, else very good and sound. Late 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary ownership signature on title page. This popular and influential work..... More

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