JENKINS'S VEST-POCKET LEXICON: An English Dictionary of All Except Familiar Words; Including the Principal Scientific and Technical Terms, and Foreign Moneys, Weights, and Measures; Omitting What Everybody Knows,...
by Jenkins, Jabez
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1862. 564 pp. Original black covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title on spine. Binding a bit rubbed w/ light wear to extremities. All edges gilt, but rubbed. Faint dampstain to top corner of first few leaves. Previous owner's name in pencil on front blank endpaper. A nice little pocket book.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Title
- JENKINS'S VEST-POCKET LEXICON: An English Dictionary of All Except Familiar Words; Including the Principal Scientific and Technical Terms, and Foreign Moneys, Weights, and Measures; Omitting What Everybody Knows,...
- Author
- Jenkins, Jabez
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott & Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- LITERATURE REFERENCE GUIDE HANDBOOKS MANUALS ETC. LEXICONS ENGLISH LANGUAGE GLOSSARIES VOCABULARIES ETC. VOCABULARY ENGLISH DICTIONARY DICTIONARIES SCIENTIFIC TERMS TECHNICAL TERMS FOREIGN MONEYS WEIGHTS MEASURES MEASUREMENTS NONFICTION GENERAL
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- Reference; Language;
- Size
- 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall
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