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A GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES. Abstracted From the Universal Gazetteer of the Author: With Enlargement of the Principal Articles.
by Worcester, J.[oseph] E
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About This Item
Andover: Printed for the author by Flagg and Gould., 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, scuffed leathee over boards with new spine and new red leather spine label. viii + (unpaginated, but about 360 pages) Ex-library, Harvard Business Library and Baker Library with cancelled stamp. Some foxing/brown spotting throughout. Printed in two columns. "The compiler has, during the past year, visited t greater part of t he most considerable towns in the United States, and has corrected and enlarged his former information, by personal observations and inquiry...The accounts of the principal literary institutions are much more particular than any before published... Almost every considerable public library in the United States is noticed. The enumeration of academies, with regard to most of the states, is tolerably complete." Worcester is also well-known for his dictionaries and the "Dictionary Wars" woth Noah Webster and G. C. Merriam Co.
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- Alkahest Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 000019364
- Title
- A GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES. Abstracted From the Universal Gazetteer of the Author: With Enlargement of the Principal Articles.
- Author
- Worcester, J.[oseph] E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the author by Flagg and Gould.
- Place of Publication
- Andover
- Date Published
- 1818
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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