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Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language Second Edition Unabridged. India Paper
by Neilson, William Allan; Knott, Thomas; Carhart, Paul
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1942. 1942 issue of the Second Edition, Unabridged, Thumb Indexed on India paper. Published Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1942. Thick folio, 9 1/2" x 12" x 3 1/4" thick, civ+3210pp, illustrated color frontis portrait, color and black and white plates, and reproductions within the text. Bound in blind embossed tan cloth with gilt cover and spine titles, all edge speckle, brown linen endpapers. Minor creasing/wrinkle to several sheets, light wear at the tips, previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, unobtrusive initials on top edge of page block, inscription on verso of frontis, else a very good attractive copy. Clean, pages bright white, unmarked, binding straight, hinges strong, finger tabs all present and attached. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.
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- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010169
- Title
- Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language Second Edition Unabridged. India Paper
- Author
- Neilson, William Allan; Knott, Thomas; Carhart, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- G. & C. Merriam Company
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, MA
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- Folio
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- Language;
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About The Wild Muse
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