Author: LÖNNKVIST, FRED
Title: Engelsk-Svensk och Svensk-Engelsk ordbok med fullständig uttalsbeteckning (Ordbok för Menige Man)
Description: Chicago. W.E. Scull. 1903. Hardcover. Hardcover, 1903 version of 1901. 342 pages + 26 pages ads. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. Good with expected yellowing to acidic pages, lacks front endpaper, rear hinge starting, wear at spine ends. Swedish/English dictionary for Swedes in America, many full-page steel engraving type illustrations to illustrate words, These are seemingly plates reused from other publications. A scarce title, most interesting for its ads (many full page) for Swedish-American businesses and those seeking that clientele : Swedish Baptist Mutual Aid Association, Nelson & Lundbeck steamship ticket agents, Edwin A. Olson "Svensk Advokat", Southern Pacific "Mest Direkta Linien", etc. Interesting period dialogs section "I will thank you for a pinch of snuff, I have forgotten my snuff-box" and translations of some of the more popular sayings "When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window" and the like. Full title of book: Engelsk-Svensk och Svensk-Engelsk ordbok med fullständig uttalsbeteckning : ordlista fver Amerikanska ord, fraser, frkortningar, samtalsfningar och ordspråk, tillsammans med utförliga underråttelser rörande brefskrifning omfattande affråsbref, umgångesbref, rekommendationsbref, o.s.v. med formulår bade på Svenska och Engelska. Good.

Keywords: Swedish, History, Advertising, American, Glossary, Svensk, Dictionary, Scandinavian


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