Description: The American Preceptor; Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking, Designed for the Use of Schools, Caleb Bingham, Published According to the Acts of Congress, Printed by Manning and Loring, Boston, 1794, 228 pp, 6.75 x 4.25”, full leather, 12mo. In fair condition. Boards are worn with edge wear, dryness and rounded corners. A few surface stains on rear board. Light surface scratching, rubbing. Top spine extreme worn to the point of binding exposure. Bottom spine extreme rubbed. Front fly leaf nearly detached, but intact. Dampness staining throughout. Does not affect readability of text. Toning and foxing throughout, as to be expected. Page 130-131 blood (??) wine (??) stain along gutter. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Rare first edition copy, early American imprint. Caleb Bingham was an educator and textbook author of the late 18th-century in New England, whose works were also influential in the 19th and 20th century. He “was Webster’s stronger competitor in both grammar and reader sales until the coming of Lyman Cobb” Bingham also aided in the found of the Boston Public Library. RAREA1794AJNG
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Year Printed: 1794
Topic: Oration
Binding: Leather
Author: Caleb Bingham
Subject: Elocution
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Manning and Loring
Place of Publication: Boston
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
