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183234082London: published by Black Young and Young foreign booksellers to the King 1832. First English edition used by Webster as a template for his 1841 octavo "reprinted by E.H. Barker Esq. of Thetford Norfolk from a copy communicated by the author and containing many manuscript corrections and additions: with an appendix by the editor"; 2 volumes 4to; pp. viii i-civ plus unpaginated lexicon in triple column; 2 and unpaginated lexicon; the publisher's advertisements noted by Skeel have not been preserved in this copy. A good sound copy in mid-19th century half calf over marbled boards rubbed and scuffed top of one spine with small chip; good and sound. One of the scarcest of the early editions of Webster. Of note is the inclusion of Joseph Worcester's "Synopsis of Words pronounced by different Orthoepists" extracted from the American edition of 1829 which was edited by Worcester and published prior to the rift that developed between the two lexicographers. As to the text of the lexicon itself Skeel notes that it "was reworked by the English editor and was not merely a reprinting." Vancil p. 260; Skeel 589A. <br/><br/> published by Black, Young, and Young, foreign booksellers to the King hardcover books
1968428001Noah Webster House Foundation 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition facsimile of the 1783 Hartford edition. 12mo. Number 99 of 100 bound in quarter leather over paper-covered boards. 119 pp. Light wear to corners some spotting to top of textblock else very good plus no jacket. Noah Webster House Foundation hardcover books
179258418Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1792. 12mo pp. 3-131 pp.1 2 & 132 pastedowns; original sheep-backed blue paper-covered wooden boards; leather rubbed; covers soiled; rear board split vertically internally reinforced in the margins with surgical tape not obscuring any lettering; pages toned and lightly soiled. Contemporary inscription on front pastedown: "Reumah Chase hear Book stele not this Book for feair of shame for hear you se the oners name. Reumah Chase Hear Book 1802." Evans 25002; Skeel 417. <br/><br/> Hudson & Goodwin hardcover books
1798WRCAM54985New York: Printed by Robert Wilson 1798. 119pp. plus 1p. advertisement. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and blue paper boards. Head of spine chipped boards shelfworn. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Moderate tanning light foxing. Good. Webster's first publication was part one of A GRAMMATICAL INSTITUTE. published in Hartford in 1783. The present work is the fifth edition of Part II printed in New York and similar in content to the fifth Connecticut edition. It is a comprehensive guide to grammar covering the entire range of grammatical structures including parts of speech verb tenses and modes supported by detailed examples and explanations. Webster states in the preface "It is the business of grammar to inform the student not how a language might have been originally constructed but how it is constructed." Of great interest as one of Webster's earliest contributions. SKEEL 425. ESTC W12493. EVANS 34980. Printed by Robert Wilson hardcover books
180950149New York: published by subscription.and sold at the Theological and Classical Bookstore of Williams and Whiting.J. Seymour printer 1809. First edition 8vo pp. 23 1; without a title page as issued; original blue printed wrappers; one short tear and a small piece missing from the corner of the front wrapper; all else very good. "In 1808 Webster and Judge Thomas Dawes of Boston one of his wife's brothers-in-law discussed religion in their correspondence. Webster on December 20 1808 wrote a detailed letter summarizing his religious experiences and beliefs; Dawes acknowledged it on February 6 1809 expressing rather liberal views and on February 23 Webster wrote a long answer which became the present text.The compiler believes this printing to have been the first separate edition" Skeel. It was also published in the Panoplist and the Missionary Magazine United edited by Jedidiah Morse. The verso of the front wrapper and both sides of the back wrapper contain a brief summary of the firm Williams & Whiting and publisher's advertisements. Skeel 706. <br/><br/> published by subscription...and sold at the Theological and Classical Bookstore of Williams and Whiting...J. Seymour, printer unknown books
155648vo pp. 96-104 offprint loose as issued in orig. blue printed wraps. "A private letter on political matters" Skeel. Enclosed in loose boards showing this copy to be that of Emily E.F. Skeel with her bookplate; thence ex-N.Y.P.L. Two other pamphlets listed on the N.Y.P.L. accession slip are not present. <br/><br/> hardcover books
183950059New Havens: S. Babcock 1839. First edition small 8vo pp. viii 9-248; full contemporary sheep rebacked; good sound copy with an important presentation "To Professor Silliman with the author's regards." A tear through the presentation has been skillfully mended and as the inscription is written in red pencil it is a bit faint. With Silliman's bookplate on the front pastedown and the subsequent bookplate of Henry McIntosh. In a quarter brown morocco clamshell box. Skeel 574. Silliman was perhaps the best-known scientific man in America in the first half of the 19th century a highly respected professor of chemistry and natural history at Yale and a long-time friend of Webster's. Like Webster he was an editor a compiler of textbooks and a prominent Connecticut citizen and Yale alumnus. <br/><br/> S. Babcock unknown books
1807307347New Haven CT: printed by Oliver Steele & Co for Brisban & Brannan booksellers New York 1807. First edition. 250 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Rubbed worn stained but sound front flyleaf with old tear pen starts. Very good. First edition. 250 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. First edition of this scarce grammar by Webster which he would later consider to be one of his two most important works. A second edition appeared in 1822 and the text was reused in the introductory matter of his famed American Dictionary 1828. Webster wrote to a friend in 1829 "My 'Philosophical and Practical Grammar" . has been but little used: but except for my quarto Dictionary I consider it as altogether the most valuable work I have ever published." Skeel 433; Sabin 102375 printed by Oliver Steele & Co for Brisban & Brannan, booksellers, New York unknown books
185144461New York: Huntington & Savage and Mason & Law 1851. Square 12mo pp. viii 9-320; text in triple column within wavy single-line border; original full calf maroon gilt-lettered morocco spine label; scuffing front joint cracked pages a bit browned else textblock about fine. At head of title: "Containing 10000 more words than Walker's Dictionary". Adverts printed on pp. i-ii. Vancil p. 262. <br/><br/> Huntington & Savage, and Mason & Law unknown books
1828102755New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe 1828. Rare first edition of Webster's monumental American Dictionary one of only 2500 copies with <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">frontispiece</span> portrait of the pioneering lexicographer in full contemporary calf. Quarto two volumes bound in full contemporary calf marbled endpapers illustrated frontispiece tissue guard present. In near fine condition light toning to the text. Most rare and desirable bound in contemporary calf. An exceptional example most rare without any restoration. In 1807 Webster began compiling a fully comprehensive dictionary An American Dictionary of the English Language; it took twenty-eight years to complete. To evaluate the etymology of words Webster learned twenty-six languages including Old English Anglo-Saxon Greek Hebrew and Latin. Webster completed his dictionary during his year abroad in 1825 in Paris France and at the University of Cambridge. His book contained seventy thousand words of which twelve thousand had never appeared in a published dictionary before. As a spelling reformer Webster believed that English spelling rules were unnecessarily complex so his dictionary introduced American English spellings replacing colour with color substituting wagon for waggon and printing center instead of center. He also added American words like skunk and squash that did not appear in British dictionaries. At the age of seventy Webster published his dictionary in 1828 registering the copyright on April 14. Webster did all this in an effort to standardize the American language. "This dictionary which almost at once became and has remained the standard English dictionary in the United States was the end-product of a stream of spelling books grammars readers and dcitionaries which flowed from the pen of the industrious Noah Webster.Webster's great dictionary all the 70000 entries of which he wrote with his own hand has been reprinted and brought up to date innumerable times.the book marked a definite advance in modern lexicography as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken. Moreover his definitions of the meaning of words were accurate and concise.and have for the greater part stood the test of time superbly well" Printing and the Mind of Man. "As a whole Webster's American Dictionary was a scholarly achievement of the first order richly deserving of its great reputation at home and abroad" DAB. With definitions for "some 70000 words--15000 more than any previous English lexicon. Although only 2500 copies of the first edition were printed the work established Webster as a lexicographer of international repute" Lathem 76 United Statesiana 9. Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe unknown books
180334270Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1803. 7 1 blank pp. Disbound moderately foxed Good. <br/><br/> Skeel Sabin says is responsible for the attribution of authorship to Webster. The pamphlet attacks "the mad projects of designing men" Jeffersonians who favor "revolutionizing Connecticut" and who seek "to subvert the system of our State government-- to remove from office all those venerable men who have hitherto conducted our affairs and to fill their places with individuals from their own body." The author recommends a list of satisfactory candidates for the upcoming State elections. They include Oliver Ellsworth William Hillhouse David Daggett Chauncey Goodrich Simeon Baldwin Matthew Griswold Jabez Clark-- all respectable Federalists. Jonathan Ingersoll is listed as Chairman of the Meeting and S. Sam Smith as Clerk. <br/>Sabin 102333n. Skeel Appendix A106. Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
180325341Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin 1803. First edition 8vo pp. 7; removed. Skeel pp. 523-24: "A discussion of the method of insuring the election of Federalists to the state legislature . Although Webster's name nowhere appears in this pamphlet which is signed p. 6 by Jonathan Ingersoll and S. Sam Smith the compiler i.e. Skeel believes that Webster wrote it. The New York Historical Society copy has a manuscript note 'Noah Webster Esq. is the reputed author of this pamphlet'." Page 7 includes a list of approved Federalists candidates which include Webster relatives Oliver Ellsworth and Chauncey Goodrich. Sabin 102333n; Shaw & Shoemaker 3636. <br/><br/> Hudson & Goodwin unknown books
1828140938425New York: S. Converse Printed by Hezekiah Howe New Haven 1828. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Complete in two volumes. Contemporary mottled calf with black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt with the "Additions and Corrections" leaf bound at the end of Volume II; November 28 Advertisement absent as is nearly always the case. Engraved frontis provided in sympathetic facsimile lacking tissue guard. Internally Very Good with offsetting and several instances of penciled marginalia. Previous owner name in light pencil on title page. One of only 2500 copies. An extremely important early declaration of American cultural identity which heralded the nation's linguistic independence from Britain inspiring the many dictionaries that to this day carry Webster's name. S. Converse, Printed by Hezekiah Howe, New Haven unknown books
1849W5011BSpringfield MA: George and Charles Merriam 1849. Original calf with remnant of morocco titling piece. Marbled endpapers. Binding is heavilty worn both joints starting but gilt titling still quite legible. 1367 pgs. Prior owner signature and also a gift inscription on ffep. Considerable foxing throughout. Webster tissue guarded frontispiece by S.F.B. Morse. . First Thus. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. George and Charles Merriam Hardcover books
185324645Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1853. Large thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1366 1; testimonials on endpapers; text in triple column; engraved portrait of Webster after Morse; original full sheep black morocco label on spine; extremities scuffed and rubbed but the binding is sound. Vancil p. 262. <br/><br/> George and Charles Merriam unknown books
1842309481New Haven: Published by the Author. Sold by Crocker & Brewster Boston etc. . Printed by B.L. Hamlen 1842. Second edition first octavo edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I by Asher Brown Durand after Samuel F.B. Morse no printer's name given. lxxvi 938; 1004 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo 10-1/2 x 6 7/8 inches; 269 x 174 mm. Contemporary speckled sheep contrasting morocco spine labels marbled endpapers marbled edges. Covers scuffed joints worn some light spotting to text some worming to vol. I not affecting text. Morse Samuel French B. Second edition first octavo edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I by Asher Brown Durand after Samuel F.B. Morse no printer's name given. lxxvi 938; 1004 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo 10-1/2 x 6 7/8 inches; 269 x 174 mm. The Second Edition The First Unabridged Octavo Edition. A fine copy of the rare octavo edition of Webster's unabridged dictionary the last that Webster published before his death in 1843. This is the textually best edition published in Webster's lifetime incorporating his final revisions some 5000 new definitions and a preface and introduction "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." Skeel notes that 3000 copies of this edition were printed fewer than the 5 or 6 thousand that Webster wanted but more than the 2500 of the 1828 first edition. A prospectus Skeel 585 advertised the edition at $13 sheep and $14 calf gilt. The work was in the press for over a year; a note in Webster's hand on a copy in the Connecticut State Library states "First signature of this edition impressed Oct. 22 1839. Last sheet impressed January 30 1841 15 months & days." The edition sold slowly with nearly half of the run still in sheets at the time of Webster's death.<br/>An attractive copy bearing the ownership signatures of George W. Turner dated the year he bought the mansion and farm of Elmscourt now Elms Court in Natchez Mississippi. Skeel 586; cf. Grolier American 36; cf. PMM 291; cf. Sabin 102335. Provenance: George W. Turner of Elmscourt or Elms Court Natchez Mississippi inscription in both volumes dated 1842 Published by the Author. Sold by Crocker & Brewster, Boston, [etc.] ... Printed by B.L. Hamlen unknown books
190039615New York: Hurst & Company 1900. Large thick 4to pp. 1553 1; 2 plates one an engraved portrait of Webster the other a color lithograph depicting the "Flags of All Nations"; contemporary three-quarter red morocco over tan gilt-stamped cloth gilt spine; shelf wear 1-inch crack at top of spine cloth water-stained; 2 inscriptions one contemporary the other later 1979 on front free endpaper a bit stained pages uniformly toned. This edition not in OCLC. <br/><br/> Hurst & Company hardcover books
185339607Springfield Mass: George and Charles Merriam 1853. Large thick 4to pp. lxxxiv1366 1; full contemporary calf black morocco gilt spine label half of which is missing pink printed endpapers; front board detached crude tape repair perished considerable shelf wear leather badly scuffed edges rubbed and bumped exposing boards 1/2-inch losses to top and bottom of spine; contemporary bookseller's rubber stamp on front free endpaper occasional foxing text block mostly fine. <br/><br/> George and Charles Merriam hardcover books
185439598Springfield Mass: George and Charles Merriam 1854. Large thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367 1; engraved portrait frontispiece of Webster illustrated publisher's advertisments printed on pink endpapers text in triple columns; contemporary full calf black morocco spine label; considerable shelf wear leather scuffed and rubbed exposing boards along edges spine label cracked with loss top and bottom of spine starting to detach; contemporary pencil inscriptions endpapers soiled foxing throughout. <br/><br/> George and Charles Merriam hardcover books
187539309Springfield Mass: G. & C. Merriam 1875. Thick 4to pp. lxxii 1762; color frontispiece displaying the arms of the States and territories of the American Union additional engraved portrait frontispiece and title page both a bit dampstained along bottom edge 3 color plates text illustrations throughout; contemporary three-quarter black morocco over blue cloth boards gilt marble endpapers; shelf wear shows along edges and corners cloth starting to detach from boards in some places; binder's ticket on front pastedown endpaper Relieur G.A. Lafrance Quebec rubber stamp on engraved title page; interior fine. Engraved title page title: "A Dictionary of the English Language" <br/><br/> G. & C. Merriam hardcover books
184844550Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontispiece portrait after Samuel F.B. Morse; full original sheep black morocco spine label mostly perished; the whole quite scuffed and rubbed preliminaries foxed modern 1950s manuscript list of birthdays on rear endpapers; texblock very good and sound. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of Mrs. H. Booth on front free endpaper and frontispiece verso. Vancil p. 262. <br/><br/> George and Charles Merriam unknown books
184844590Springfield: George and Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontispiece portrait after Samuel F.B. Morse; full original sheep lacking spine label; the whole quite scuffed and rubbed preliminaries foxed with one soil spot; previous ownership signature on front flyleaf has been neatly cut out; texblock very good and sound. Vancil p. 262. <br/><br/> George and Charles Merriam unknown books
184831188Springfield: George & Charles Merriam 1848. First edition of the first Merriam-Webster dictionary; thick 4to pp. lxxxiv 1367; engraved frontis portrait after Samuel F.B. Morse slightly offset onto title-p.; full original sheep gilt lettered direct on spine; some rubbing and wear but sound. <br/><br/> George & Charles Merriam unknown books
183945577New York: White & Sheffield 1839. Stereotyped edition 8vo pp. xxxiii 1 1011; worn and rubbed hinges cracked but still sound; full contemporary calf maroon morocco label on spine. Skeel 624a. A late edition of the Worcester abridgement. <br/><br/> White & Sheffield unknown books
17951336053Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews 1795. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. small 8vo. 239 pages; G; newly rebound in 1/4 brown leather black label on spine with gilt lettering gray cloth boards; pages have moderate wear including foxing slight waviness; small bookworm mark to lower rear corner of text block; small closed tear on title page repaired with tape; shelved in case 8 1/2. 1336053. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews hardcover books
