Buy this book on-line Mathews, Mitford M. (Editor) : A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles (Two Volumes)The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1951
*Extra postage may apply.* Two volumes, complete. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with black dust wrapper. Gilt lettering on spine of book. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4." Volume I: 976 pages, complete. Volume II: Pages 977-1946, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Dust wrappers are very clean and intact. Dust wrappers have no chipping but are very lightly worn at the extremities. Dust wrappers are not price-clipped. No remainder marks. Two Fine books in Fine dust wrappers. Printed on front panel of Volume I's dust wrapper: "The first dictionary to deal exclusively with those words and meanings of words which have come into the English language in the United States." Printed on front panel of Volume II's dust wrapper: "Through dated quotations from a wide variety of sources, the 50,000 entries in this dictionary trace the history of America's contributions to the English language from the coming of the first colonists to the present." Volume I covers Americanisms from "A-Lincolnism." Volume II covers Americanisms from "Lincolnite-Zwieback.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine 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 Mathews, Mitford M. (Editor) : A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles (Two Volumes). 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, livres d'occasion, livres rares, out of print books and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |