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PICKERING, JOHN. A Vocabulary, or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America. Boston: 1816. 1st ed. 8vo. 206 pp., plus errata leaf. 19th century (ca. 1840) 3/4 leather and figured cloth; upper hinge repaired. Text clean and a very good copy overall. $400.00
The first book of Americanisms. It is considerably expanded from the article which originally appeared in the Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences the previous year (and which was issued as an offprint.) S & S 38631. Sabin 62638.