The American spelling book : containing the rudiments of the English language, for the use of schools in the United States. / By Noah Webster, Esquire.

Author/creator Webster, Noah
Other author Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 engraver.
Format Electronic
EditionRevised copy--West's edition.
Publication InfoPrinted at Boston : By T.W. White, no. 100, Court Street, for West & Richardson, proprietors of the copy right. Sold, wholesale and retail, at their bookstore, no. 75, Cornhil [sic] also by West and Blake[,] O.C. Greenleaf, Thomas and Andrews, in Boston, by Thomas and Whipple and E. Little and Co. Newburyport; J.F. Shores and Tappan and Foster, Portsmouth;--and other booksellers in the United States, 1817.
Descriptionvi, 2 unnumbered pages, 9-168 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subjects

Uniform titleGrammatical institute of the English language. Part 1
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 42852. ^A575643
General noteFirst published under title: A grammatical institute of the English language ... part 1.
General noteRunning title: An easy standard of pronunciation.
General noteDistrict of Connecticut copyright Mar. 14, 1804, by Noah Webster.
General noteSome illustrations engraved by Alexander Anderson. Cf. Skeel.
General noteAnother issue is without "By T.W. White, no. 100, Court Street," on the title page. Shaw & Shoemaker entry 42852 does not differentiate between the issues.
General noteError in paging: p. 15 misnumbered 13.
General note"Additional lessons."--p. 151-156.
General note"A moral catechism."--p. 156-168.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 42852
References Skeel, E.E.F. Webster, 168a
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 42852).
Genre/formReaders.
Genre/formSpellers.
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1817.
Genre/formFables 1817.
Genre/formQuestions and answers.
Other titleAn easy standard of pronunciation.

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