Exercises Instructive & Entertaining, in False English: written with a view to perfect youth in their Mother Tongue, as well as to enlarge their ideas in general. 7th edn.

Published by Leeds: printed for T. Binns, by Edward Baines, and sold by J. Johnson, Crosby & Co. and Vernor & Hood, London. 1802, 1802

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Orig. hessian cloth; sl. ink marking to back board but a v.g., crisp copy. Contemp. inscr. 'R. Wells, July 31, 1804' on leading f.e.p. & later signature on leading pastedown. ESTC records a 1799 Leeds 7th edn, published by John Binns. 240 examples of bad usage and spelling for correction by students. 'The following sheets were written for the Accommodation of the Author's own School, which, having on Trial been found to answer his Expectations; he is induced to recommend to his Brother Teachers, solely with a View to the Advancement of Youth in Moral as well as Grammatical Knowledge, and the Enlargement of their Ideas in general.'.

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Exercises Instructive & Entertaining, in False English: written with a view to perfect youth in their Mother Tongue, as well as to enlarge their ideas in general. 7th edn.
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Leeds: printed for T. Binns, by Edward Baines, and sold by J. Johnson, Crosby & Co. and Vernor & Hood, London. 1802
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1802
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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.

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