Item #108060 A Vocabulary, Or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to Be Peculiar to the United States of America. To Which is Prefixed an Essay on the Present State of the English Language in the United States. John Pickering.

A Vocabulary, Or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to Be Peculiar to the United States of America. To Which is Prefixed an Essay on the Present State of the English Language in the United States.

1816. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1816.

8vo, vii, [8]-206, [1, errata] pp. Untrimmed in the original blue paper boards, rebacked, with new paper label (original label slipped in). Boards somewhat rubbed and spotted, minor foxing; very good in a custom clamshell box. Ink inscription on title, “I. Tucker’s, presented by the author.”

§ Second edition, presentation copy. Originally published in the Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, here republished with corrections and additions. This vocabulary of Americanisms or idioms was a landmark in the study of the English language in America, the first and the only work on the subject until Bartlett’s work was published in 1848. Sabin 62638. Item #108060

Price: $500.00