Linen Nursery ABC and Simple Speller
Syracuse, New York: G.C. Hanford Mfg. Co., 1905. Stapled Binding.
Wrappers rubbed, creased.
Linen pages. Illustration of Little Bo Peep on front wrapper. An early 20th-century alphabet and speller for children.
Syracuse, New York: G.C. Hanford Mfg. Co., 1905. Stapled Binding.
Wrappers rubbed, creased.
Linen pages. Illustration of Little Bo Peep on front wrapper. An early 20th-century alphabet and speller for children.
New York / Cincinnati / Chicago: American Book Company, 1911. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Pencil name, ink stamps and ink scribble on front endpapers, light stain along page edges, pages soiled, ink marks on rear free endpaper.
320 pp. This book is designed primarily to prepare pupils in.....
New York: Huntington & Savage, 1849. Hard Cover.
Text in English and French. Spine head and spine base rubbed, page ridge lightly foxed, small owner bookplate on front endpaper.
400 pp. Black leather spine with gilt titles and blind-stamped decorations over dark brown cloth. "Some of the principal advantages, which.....
New York: Whittlesey House, 1940. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. Faint stain on jacket spine, jacket lightly foxed, jacket edges lightly rubbed. Spine slightly cocked, top page ridge foxed.
ix, 261 pp. "...covers completely the four main aspects of practical writing: its logic, psychology, economics, and business."--jacket.
New York: Mark H. Newman, 1835. Full-Leather.
Front board nearly loose but taped along spine, loss to spine head and spine base, ink name and pencil notes, pages foxed and toned.
304 pp. An early 19th century vocal reader for high school levels. Topics include reading, articulation, sounds and vowels.....
New York: The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription. A fine copy.
84 pp. A recurring theme throughout Anna Quindlen's How Reading Changed My Life is the comforting premise that readers are never alone. "There was waking.....
New York: Random House, 1998. Large Hardcover.
Large print edition. Faint scuff.
Specially designed to be easy on the eyes, Random House Webster's LARGE PRINT Dictionary is an indispensable reference for the visually impaired or anyone who has difficulty reading normal type.
. Changsha Shi, 1981. Small Softcover.
Light crease on front wrapper, ink stamp on rear wrapper, top page ridge very lightly foxed.
515 pp. 5" x 3 1/2". Chinese characters. A Handbook of Current Americanisms.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
Multiple tears and some chips to jacket edges. Gutters lightly soiled.
239 pp. A new, revised edition of the standard book of business and personal letter writing. A complete guide filled with hundreds of sample letters that show you.....
New York: Fireside, 2003. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. Ink name on front endpaper.
Includes up-to-date synonyms and antonyms, reference section, and much more!
New York/Chicago: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1870. Hard Cover.
Cloth jacket over boards. Tears to jacket. Ink name on front endpaper.
195, [1] pp. Marbled page ridges. A Condensed Etymology of the English Language for Common Schools, Containing the Anglo-Saxon, French, Dutch, German, Welsh, Danish, Gothic, Swedish, Gaelic, Italian, Latin.....
Secaucus: Citadel, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Light edge wear to jacket.
A collection of homespun regional expressions that continuously revitalize the American language includes compliments, insults, and descriptions heard in various parts of the United States.
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, Co., 1958. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. Some chips and tears to jacket edges. Page ridge lightly foxed. Related papers laid in.
xii, 210 pp. Introduction by Ashley H. Thorndike. Simplifies the study of Elizabethan handwriting and printing.
. Sanborn & Carter, 1854. Hard Cover.
Loss to spine and edge of front board, stains, pencil marks on paste-down endpapers, hinges weakening.
408 pp. Part One of this work focuses on speaking & tone in writing, such as Articulation, Accent, Emphasis, Inflection, Modulation, Transition, Personation, Rhetorical Pause, etc. Part.....
New York: Wiley Publishing, 2002. Hard Cover.
Spine cocked.
Use words with precision. Clear, concise definitions help you say exactly what you mean. With 61,000 entries, this dictionary covers the practical language you need every day. Based on the prestigious Webster's New World College Dictionary, this compact desk edition is.....
Cazenovia, N.Y. S.H. Henry, & Co. / A. Chandler, 1836. Hard Cover.
Boards heavily rubbed and soiled with some loss of paper, lightly foxed throghout, lacks rear free endpaper.
168 pp. Cloth spine, printed paper over boards, engraved frontispiece. Noah Webster's classic spelling handbook for the young reader. Webster is.....
Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1892. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Small Hard Cover.
Binding repaired.
320 pp. Revised and enlarged edition of 1892. A comprehensive lexicon for the million, based on the labors of Noah Webster and other American and English authorities, containing over thirty-two thousand words and phrases, correctly.....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott, 1877. Small Hard Cover.
Binding repaired, general wear.
346 pp. Profusely illustrated. A contemporary of Noah Webster, Joseph Emerson Worcester was a lexicographer who also worked on Webster's Dictionary, but published several dictionaries and other reference works as well. He and Webster engaged in what are.....