A dictionary of the English language, answering at once the purposes of rhyming, spelling, and pronouncing. On a plan not hitherto attempted

by John Walker

$750 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed for T. Becket, 1775. First edition of Walker's first dictionary, 8vo, pp. xxiii, 1 , unpaginated lexicon in an unjustified single column, 50 ; dedicated to David Garrick, for early opportunities of observing his pronunciation on stage ; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards some loss to paper crudely rebacked retaining original red gilt-lettered spine label; hinges reinforced; very good and sound. An actor under the management of

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