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Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Full leather boards are quite worn on the edges and surface, leather preservative used at one point to stabilize the surface, spine much wear, label partly torn off and not readable any more. Front hinge weak, front endpaper bottom torn off, pencil scribbles, title page re-attached with archival tape with blue marks, foxing and tanning throughout with some liquid stains and soiling, pages 919-922 half torn off, rear endpapers with pencil doodles, testimonial page glued to inside rear cover. 1366 pages. 1852 printing of 1847 copyright. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1366 pages; Full leather covers are rubbed, worn, and a little stained; Black spine label is very rubbed and cracked, though gilt lettering remains fairly clear; Inked gift inscription at top of front free end page and inked notation on following blank page; Offsetting from frontispiece with darkened portion of title page and affecting next two pages of text; Scattered offsetting and some foxing and small stains; Volume remains tight, complete, and usable.
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Full leather covers are rubbed, worn, and a little stained; Black spine label is very rubbed and cracked, though gilt lettering remains fairly clear; Inked gift inscription at top of front free end page and inked notation on following blank page; Offsetting from frontispiece with darkened portion of title page and affecting next two pages of text; Scattered offsetting and some foxing and small stains; Volume remains tight, complete, and usable.
Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$390.00 + shipping
Description: Containing the whole vocabulary of the first edition in two volumes Quarto; the entire corrections and improvements of the second edition in two volumes Royal Octavo; to which is prefixed An Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History, and Connection, of the Languages of Western Asia and Europe with an explanation of the Principles on which Languages are Formed Pages somewhat toned. Heavy foxing to prelims. Overall a tight, sturdy copy. Hinges solid. 1/2" split at top of front joint.and rubbing to extremities of cover. Large 4to. 10-1/2" x 8-1/2" x 3-1/2" thick. Original full leather binding. Raised bands. Black leather spine label stamped in gold. 1452 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Webster Revised and Enlarged by Chauncey A. Goodrich, Professor in Yale College with pronouncing vocabularies of Scripture, Classical, and Geographical Names.
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster. 1852 edition in original full leather binding. Publisher: George and Charles Merriam, Springfield, Mass., 1852. Binding in very good with rubbing and wear the edges and corners. Wear to the spine end. Black leather label in gold lettering. Contents clean. Triple column lettering. 1452 pages including the index. 9 x 10 ½ inches. Inventory # C-394. Price: $500.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.