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Kay, R. The New Preceptor, Or, Young Lady's & Gentleman's True Instructor in the Rudiments of the English Tongue
M. Angus & Son and W. Charnley (pubs.), Newcastle, 1801, inscribed in pencil inside back cover "Rebound by Blackledge, May 1941"
Fisher, George The Instructor; Or, Young Man's Best Companion
Printed for the Booksellers, London, 1799
Walker J. A Dictionary of the English Language
Answering at once the Purposes of Rhyming, Spelling, and Pronouncing
T. Becket (pub.), London, 1775
Jones, Stephen A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language;
For the Use of Schools, Foreigners learning English, &c.
In which it has been attempted to improve On the Plan of Mr. Sheridan
Various pubs., London, 1804, bound in full diced calf
Bailey, N. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary
Various pubs., London, 1773 "The Three and Twentieth Edition, with considerable Improvements", rebound in half-calf
Sheridan A.M., Thomas A Course of Lectures on Elocution:
Together with Two Dissertations on Language
Printed by W. Strahan, London, 1762, endpapers extensively annotated with a biography of Sheridan (6)
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