Author: Leavitt, Robert Keith.
Title: Noah's Ark / New England Yankees and the Endless Quest. A Short History of the Original Webster Dictionaries, with Particular Reference to Their First Hundred Years As Publications of G. & C. Merriam Company.
Description: Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1947. 1947. - Squarish octavo, rust brown cloth titled in gilt on spine, in a light gray paper covered slipcase with a printed paper label on the front panel. The spine of the book is slightly faded. The spine & extremities of the slipcase are darkened with soiling to the panels & label. [viii] & 106 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Very good.

Limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies. This copy, which is unnumbered, is from the library of the Meriden Gravure Company with the company's book label on the flyleaf. Very good .

Keywords: REFERENCE; DICTIONARIES; WEBSTER DICTIONARIES; G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PUBLISHING; PUBLISHER; ROBERT KEITH LEAVITT; ILLUSTRATIONS; MERIDEN GRAVURE COMPANY.

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