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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Octavo. Pp. xx, 400. Stated third edition, but not dated. The first edition was in 1830, and the second in 1831; this Preface is dated 1832. Worcester calls himself "editor of the American Edition of Webster's Dictionary," although his rivalry with Webster led to accusations of plagiarism. A very good copy, in diced calf boards rebacked in calf with gilt label. Small tape repair to early blank, and small area of light discoloration to title page, else internally fine. Wear to extremities of cover. Two early bookplates. Binding signed "White in Piccadilly.".

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. This is the second edition published in 1831 by Collins & Hannay of New York. Original brown leather binding. There is quite a bit of wear to the covers and spine, with rubbing and scuffing and the corners rubbed through and slightly bumped. There is a small chip to the leather at the top of the spine and a small tear to the leather at the bottom of the spine. The text block is square. One signature to the front of the book is starting to slip, but still attached. There is some browning to the pages. Decent copy of this early American dictionary. Worcester published this after a dispute with Noah Webster over the publishing rights of his dictionary. ; 400 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Boston: Jenks & Palmer, 1846. Title page dated 1846. Full brown leather with black spine label, 7.5" tall. Front cover detached, covers very worn and dried but archivally stabilized, text block sound, pages lightly age-browned with occasional light foxing, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Leather. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Leather covered hardboards worn to board at corners and along top and bottom edges near spine, lower edge of apine worn, a front endpaper prior to frontispiece missing, damp staining and some foxing throughout, ; Solid, 75 cent mark inside front cover, no other markings -- photographs send upon request, leather has been treated with Library of Congress approved oil for archival stabilization; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 385 pages; Abe.

Hardcover. 424pp + [4]pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full sheepskin, black leather label lettered in gold on the spine, text printed in two columns. Old dampstain affecting the upper half of the first few leaves, rubbing to spine panel and covers, wear to extremities, mild scattered foxing. About very good. ; Octavo.

Condizione: Fair. Fair. Hardcover, 12mo., original clafover boards, 399 pages. a serviceable copy, of historic import. Some foxing throughout. Binding square. Cover worn, spotted; part of label on spine missing. Missing front free endpaper.

Full-Leather. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown Calf W/Gilt Bands Spine, Black Title Plate. Rubbed At Corners, Boards Tight. Clean, No Markings. Key. Remarks. Explanation Of Abbreviations, Ect. Preface. Xix A List Of The Principal Lexicographers And Orthoepists Whose Names Are Cited As Athors In This Dictionary. 400 Pgs. A Fine Copy Of Scarce First Edtion.

424 pp. hard cover with black Worcester's Dictionary on back strip. Lexicon in two (2) columns. Front cover detached but present. Edge wear and scuffing. Minimal toning. Inscribed E. P. Delano, Providence, Dec. 1839. on blank free end paper.