first edition Hardcover
1870 · New York
by March, Francis A.
New York: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1870. x pages, 1 leaf, 253 pages, 6 pp. adverts. RARE in the First Edition, 1869 cp, 1870 tp. In original brown cloth, gilt lettering at spine, Very Good, a few widely scattered spots of toning, pages uniformly browning at edges. From the collection of noted medieval scholar James W. Marchand, his name stamp front end page. Francis A. March was on the faculty of Lafayette College for 50 years, where he became the first individual to hold the title "Professor of English Language and Literature" anywhere in the United States or Europe. Considered March's masterpiece and a classic linguistics text. a book that was reprinted as recently as 2020. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
(Inventory #: 009547)