Author: FOWLER, William C.
Title: English Grammar. The English Language in Its Elements and Forms
Description: 1850. FOWLER, William C. ENGLISH GRAMMAR. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN ITS ELEMENTS AND FORMS. WITH A HISTORY OF ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED FOR USE IN COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1850. First edition. 675 pp. + 4 pp. publisher's advertisments. Tall 8vo. brown cloth. Owner's contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Good, spine frayed heel and crown, slightly cocked; cloth split at bottom rear joint 1 1/2 inches. Front board bowed slightly. Missing ffep. Moderate foxing throughout. Includes short histories of dialects, genesis of English noun and consonant sounds, ancient alphabets, etymological and poetical forms, and more. .

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