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THE ACME OF LEXICOGRAPHY: UNABRIDGED SECOND EDITION Webster\'s New International Dictionary • G. & C. Merriam Co. • 1954 Title: Webster\'s New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged
Author: Noah Webster / William Allan Neilson (Editor in Chief)
Publisher: G. & C. Merriam Company
Year: 1954
Format: Hardcover Cloth bound (Single Volume)
ISBN: N/A
Summary
Widely recognized by authors, scholars, and language purists as the finest English dictionary ever compiled, the legendary Webster\'s Second Edition Unabridged is legendary for its strict, prescriptive definitions and beautifully deep etymological profiles. This particular printing is the highly prized India Paper edition. Printed on ultra-thin, highly opaque paper stock, this version compresses over 3,100 comprehensive pages into a manageable 3-inch profile—roughly half the thickness of a standard edition. Complete with a fully operational thumb index, this historic volume functions perfectly as an elite reference desk center point or an investment-grade addition to any serious home library.
Condition Report: Very Good
- Exterior: Wrapped in its original heavy-duty tan buckram cloth with gold gilt embossing. Features light shelf rubbing across the faces, with standard age-toning and minor bumping along the corner tips and outer spine ends. Gilt remains prominent.
- Binding: Excellent, tight, and structurally square. No splitting or cracking present along the internal hinges or endpapers; text block sits straight without heavy sagging.
- Interior: Remarkably clean and well-preserved. The crisp India paper pages are supple, flat, and free of annotations, highlighters, or structural corner folds. The entire crescent thumb-index set is clean, sturdy, and intact.
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