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  • Lewis M. Adams, Edward N. Teall & C. Ralph Taylor

    Published by Books, Inc., New York, 1956

    Seller: The Librarian's Books, Cranford, NJ, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. A Fair copy of a dictionary which was ".Planned And Written By Modern Educators And Lexicographers Especially To Serve The Essential Requirements Of Home, School And Office" Wear to tan color boards with spotting. Red spine has crisp, black lettering but is sunned and smudged. Sunning all over volume. Previous owner's doodles in blue ballpoint are on the side page edgings. Spotting to front and rear endpapers.Underlining in pencil to pages 790-792. 798 pages. From title page:"This Dictionary is not published by the original publishers of Webster's Dictionary, or by their successors" From verso:"Copyright, 1949, 1956" Separation between the verso and the "Simplified Pronunciation" page through to the webbing. Includes a "Key To Pronunciation" Contents:"How To Use This Book; British Spelling; Proofreader's Marks; Weights And Measures; Spelling Rules That Remain Vivid; New Words Department; Streamlined Modern Definitions, With Synonyms And Antonyms; Illustrated; Grammar Made Interesting And Easy To Remember" Learn the definitions of:"buna"; "loran"; "acanthus"; "carabao"; "mastaba";"Wassermann reaction or test".