Maroon cloth, endpapers foxed, text paper generally darkening, otherwise sound. Acrostics, particularly double acrostics, were a popular type of puzzle in newspapers and periodicals up to about 1930, when they were superseded by crosswords. In earlier times they were sometimes used as a form of encryption. Several have been detected in the Hebrew of the Old Testament. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title

Acrostic Dictionary - Containing About Forty Thousand Words with Their Initials and Finals Alphabetically Arranged

Publisher

Pearson, London

Publication Date

1901

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

New Edition.

Condition

Very Good

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No Jacket

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Glenbower Books
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