Americanisms, Signed (7 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page.

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. New and Completely Updated Edition. Signed by author on title page. In protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. Scarce SIGNED edition. Ex-library with the usual labeling. General shelf/age wear. Pages clean.

Hardcover. Exhibition Companion. Small Quarto, unpaginated. In Good Condition. Fully bound in publishers grey cloth. Spine grey with faded black lettering. Mild shelfwear and soiling. Staining to back panel. Tail corner of front board bumped. Spine slightly cocked. Inscribed by Ruscha on front end paper. Shelved case 11. 1381061. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Condition: Used - Good. 1951. 2 Volume Set. Cloth, quarto, xvi and 1946 pp. Apparently signed by editor on ffep of Volume 1. Extensive chipping and wear to dj's, with pieces missing on both volumes. Price clipped. Some soiling to text block. Binding is very sound, and pages are clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Lghtly impressed decorations on covers and spine. Signed and inscribed by author in black ink on front free endpaper: "[.] Hon. A. B. Longstreet, with the compliments of John Russell Bartlett." 6" x 9." Pages [i]-xxvii, 1-412, complete. Appendix in back. A few leaves unopened. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Light rubbing and several small spots of dampstaining to the covers. Moderate chipping to head of spine and slight chipping to tail of spine. Slightly bumped corners. Pages are foxed. Inscription of Bartlett very clean and intact. A Very Good copy. An alphabetical glossary of Americanisms beginning with "A" and ending with "Y." Appendix in back includes additional words, also listed alphabetically. Bartlett describes the words in this book as unique to the United States and places emphasis on New England Americanisms and their provenance. He writes that many New England words and phrases are derived from those of England. Other regional words and phrases are also included such as those from the South. Bartlett defines each word or phrase, and for some, provides its origins and some examples of its usage. A sampling of the Americanisms in this book: "all-winsome" ("sweet, pleasant"), "Americanism" ("a way of speaking peculiarly to this country"), "catty-cornered" ("diagonally"), "gravy" ("used in New England instead of 'juice'"), "hoity-toity" ("an exclamation surprise or disaprobation, with some degree of contempt"), "latish" ("rather late"), "pollywog, or pollywig" ("a tadpole"), "sky-racket" ("the vulgar pronunciation of 'sky-rocket'"), "tit for tat" ("I shall treat you as you treat me"), and "yourn" ("contraction of 'your own'"). John Russell Bartlett (1805-1886) was an American linguist and historian. He is best-known for this work, A Dictionary of Americanisms. The individual to whom he presented this copy was Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870), an American lawyer, judge, minister, educator, and humorist. Longstreet is best-known for his book, Georgia Scenes. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Used: Acceptable. [SIGNED] London: Privately Printed By Thomas Poulter & Sons, 1889. Stout hardcover in original gilt decorated and lettered vellum boards. Subtitle continues: