60 pp., followed by 2 pp. of Publisher Ads. '1885' on Title page with '1884' on copyright page. No jacket. Brown cloth with black lettering on spine and at middle front cover. Rubbing wear at spine corners and across top spine (one spot of wear between corners of foot of spine); book corners with small tip rubbing wear; place of diminished brown at middle right front cover (1 1/2" x 1"), where a price sticker was probably removed ages ago (last letter of 'ENGLISH' is partly lifted); sewn signatures slightly stretched in first two signatures, yet still strongly bound; textblock and pages uniformly, lightly age-toned; corners still square; no previous owner names. Clean text. The way to read a Classic text more than 130 years old, which helps you distinguish some American vs British usage; " 'pants' vulgar for 'pantalloons' "; 'equivocal' vs. 'ambiguous'; 'baffle', 'frustrate', vs. 'defeat'; 'wonderful' vs. 'marvellous'. 'temperance' vs. 'abstinence'; 'pleasure' vs. 'happiness'; 'plenty' vs. 'abundance'; etc. Collectible. Charming period piece.

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Title: Handbook of Blunders Designed to Prevent 1,000 Common Blunders in Writing and Speaking
Publisher: Lee and Shepard Publishers / Charles T. Dillingham, Boston / New York
Publication Date: 1885
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine

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Retired academic's reference library with specialization in philosophy, religion, science, and mathematics--all scholarly subject areas; Pre-Socratics to contemporary; biographies; some series collections. General stock also, including fiction, poetry, literary criticism, mysteries, some foreign language, children's, history, sociology, psychology, education. Some signed copies.

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