A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language

Noah Webster

Publication Date: 1806

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WEBSTER, NOAH. A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. New Haven: Hudson & Goodwin, 1806. FIRST EDITION, 12mo; xxiii (Preface), [1] (Abbreviations Explained), 408 pp.; rebound in full calf similar to the original binding, red spine label with gilt lettering, previous owner?s signature on front flyleaf, text pp. bright with a few small stains and light foxing, original end pages intact, a previous owners' names written on front end page, nice copy of Webster?s first dictionary and the first purely American Dictionary. This was published 22 years before his major two-volume American Dictionary published in 1828. Sabin 102347.

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A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language

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1806

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1st Edition

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