Clarke, Thomas E. (Compiler)

The American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge

Phildelphia, Griffith & Simon, 1841. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 63pp. Brown publisher's cloth, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, 1/4 inch chip at head of spine, dampstaining and foxing appearing most heavily to first and last few pages, binding is tight light pencil notations on endpapers. A previous owner drew a detailed, and comical pencil drawing of an orator standing at a lectern giving a speech. The type in this book is very small, and the compiler explains that "larger type would greatly increase the size and price" of the book! Information in the book includes agriculture health, temperance, U.S. Constitution, phrenology, religion, cookery and more. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004640

Catalogue: Reference, Collectible

Keywords: Encyclopedic Compendium Diverse Information

Green, Samuel

Green's Almanack and Register, for the State of Connecticut; For the Year of Our Lord, 1802; Being the Twenty Sixth of the Independence of the United States.

New London, Samuel Green, 1802. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Soft cover. 156pp. Faux leather later wraps. Covers lightly worn, staining to rear cover and upper portion of last 12 pages, text is toned and in otherwise sound condition. A nice example of Samuel Green's printing. Good.

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Book number: 002800

Catalogue: Reference, Collectible

Keywords: Almanac

Perry, William

The Royal Standard English Dictionary.

Worcester, Massachusetts, Isaiah Thomss, 1796. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. 596pp. Full calf, leather spine label. Fourth Worcester Edition. Edges rubbed, label chipped though mostly readable, joints cracked, no endpapers, some signatures slightly protruding, contents tanned, partial clippings pasted to pastedowns. Good.

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Book number: 004508

Catalogue: Collectible, Reference

Keywords: Etymology Pronunciation

Webster,Noah

The American Spelling Book; Containing the Rudiments of the English Language, for the Use of Schools in the United States.

Albany, Websters and Skinner, 1810. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Sogned By Editor. 168p . First Revised Impression, 1810. Paper covered boards, leather backing. Cover worn and chipped, scattered staining and light foxing to contents, pages 15-24 missing, several first few pages have been gnawed at lower gutter and chipped along edges with some loss of text, title page and remainder of text quite sound and complete, former owner's name and date (December 2, 1811) on front and rear endpapers. Good.

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Book number: 004762

Catalogue: Reference, Collectible, Textbook

Keywords: Spelling Orthography Schoolbook