Bidspirit auction | Murray, Lindley. English Grammar. E.

Murray, Lindley. English Grammar. E. Goodale & N. Cheever, 1812. - A 12mo edition of English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners, With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations, For Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and Accuracy by Lindley Murray. This American edition was published in Hallowell, Maine, in 1812 by E. Goodale and N. Cheever, and printed by P. Edes of Augusta and N. Cheever of Hallowell. The title page notes it is taken From the Eighteenth English Edition, Enlarged and Improved by the Author. The volume is bound in contemporary full brown leather with a chipped black leather title label on the spine featuring gilt lettering and decorative borders. The title page includes a quotation from Blair and lists regional booksellers in Boston, Newburyport, Salem, and Portland. A period ink ownership inscription on a front flyleaf reads Chandler Bruce / Berlin. An accompanying modern handwritten note on green paper identifies the owner as an English teacher. The text includes sections on syntax and grammar rules typical of early 19th-century educational texts. The binding is in fair condition, showing significant shelf wear, surface loss to the leather, and heavily bumped and rounded corners. The spine is fragile with peeling leather and a partially missing title label. The internal text block exhibits heavy foxing and prominent water staining (tidemarks) throughout. One leaf is notably creased with frayed and chipped edges. The hinges are worn but the boards remain attached.