The American Spelling Book; Containing the Rudiments Of The English Language, For The Use Of Schools In The United States

Webster, Noah

Published by Printed by William Fessenden, for Fessenden, Holbrook & Porter, Brattleborough, VT, 1809

About this Item

Woodcut illustrations. 168pp. 12mo. A scarce Vermont edition, first published under title: A grammatical institute of the English language . part 1. No copy of this edition at AAS. The early owner's collage of creative word clippings, clipped evidently from other books or printed material, is, on the front pastedown, in part a found poem and in part a mneumonic for the months. The clippings mounted on the rear pastedown are mostly a list of names. Highly unusual. Steel 119; Shaw 19172; McCorison 1128. Steel 119; Shaw 19172; McCorison 1128 Contemporary calf-backed blue paper covered scaleboard, losses to blue paper. A few leaves a bit tattered with losses (C2-C4), a few edge tears. With an early owner's collage of creative word clippings on the pastedowns Woodcut illustrations. 168pp. 12mo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American Spelling Book; Containing the Rudiments Of The English Language, For The Use Of Schools In The United States
• Publisher: Printed by William Fessenden, for Fessenden, Holbrook & Porter, Brattleborough, VT
• Publication Date: 1809
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  • Social Thought
  • Americana