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Alger's Perry. The Orthoepical Guide to the English Tongue, Being Perry's Spelling-Book Revised and Corrected, with Walker's Pronunciation Precisely Applied on a New Scheme. Containing also, Moral Lessons, Fables, and Much Useful Matter...
by Alger, Israel. Perry, William
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Richardson and Lord, Printed By J. H. A. Frost, 1825. First edition, 1825. Worn copy of this early American primer in original blue paper over thin wooden boards, brown cloth spine, frontis engraving, 168 pages, about 7" tall. Covers worn and chipped, about an inch from the top and outer edges of the rear cover chipped away, rear cover barely attached, lower cord of binding broken near the end of the book but top cord intact and holding well, pages age-browned but readily legible. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035369
- Title
- Alger's Perry. The Orthoepical Guide to the English Tongue, Being Perry's Spelling-Book Revised and Corrected, with Walker's Pronunciation Precisely Applied on a New Scheme. Containing also, Moral Lessons, Fables, and Much Useful Matter...
- Author
- Alger, Israel. Perry, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richardson and Lord, Printed By J. H. A. Frost
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1825
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- AMERICAN PRIMER EARLY IMPRINT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Education, Schools, Colleges, Text & Lesson-Books; Fine Bindings, Distinctive Press, Early Printing;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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