An American Dictionary of the English Language; by WEBSTER Noah 1758-1843. GOODRICH Chauncey A [Allen] 1790-1860 - editor. PORTER N [Noah] 1811-1892 - editor - 1854

Springfield, Mass. Corner of Main and State Streets.: George And Charles Merriam, 1854 Fair, 1854, 1 pl. Complete in contemporary full speckled calf, some few marks, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn.Worn spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt title to black calf label (lacking half), edges bumped. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv-lxxxiv), 1366 pp, [1] adverts, 1 pl (portrait), generally 3 columns per page within double ruled borders, the end-pages are adverts, pencil name to fpd (John Jones), embossed stamp to fep (? of Charkleston), some foxing to blanks, ink note to titlepage (John Jones preacher in Charleston SC America in 1854), text block edges marbled. The Appendix containing Scripture, classical, and geographical names has special t.p. Title continues: 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.