Buy this book on-line Bartlett, John Russell : Dictionary of Americanisms. A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United StatesBartlett and Welford, New York, 1848
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.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Bartlett, John Russell : Dictionary of Americanisms. A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, atlases, libri rari, out of print books and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |