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English Spelling and Spelling Reform
by Lounsbury, Thomas R
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1909. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. (MCMIX). "The main ideas underlying the treatment here found of English orthography were embodied in an article which appeared in the Atlantic Monthly for June, 1907," but much was cut from that article, so the author restored them here, in enlarged form. In other words, the author goes on at some length expounding the virtues of his proposals for simplified spelling, wishing at the same time to bring into conformity the two languages which are English. The one which is written/read, and the one which is spoken. Deep blue boards w/blue cloth backstrip, gilt lettering and rule, top edge gilt, 357 pages (including verbal and general indices). Spine moderately cocked, scuffed/lightly soiled covers, bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, previous owner's name/date on front pastedown..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011420
- Title
- English Spelling and Spelling Reform
- Author
- Lounsbury, Thomas R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SPELLING, WORDS, ORTHOGRAPHY, ORTHOGRAPHERS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LANGUAGES, ORTHOGRAPHIC, NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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