Giveaway: 1843 Webster's Dictionary - contest closed



Friday giveaway, right on time.

Today is a old Webster's "American Dictionary" published in 1843 by Harper & Brothers. Full leather binding, big thick book. Meaty. 8 inches by 10 inches with 1079 pages.

Contest is closed, will be announcing a winner shortly.

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59 comments:

  1. KenAugust 19, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    WOW that looks great! Count me in.

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  2. trishAugust 19, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Thank you for this delicious visual inspiration :)

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  3. shannonAugust 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    ooh how fun! count me in, too!

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  4. jmwallachAugust 19, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    Count me in please :)

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  5. Sarah BohrAugust 19, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Oh man, I am so in.

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  6. MrCachetAugust 19, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    I'm in! Please.

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  7. Melissa DowAugust 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Oh, yes, please count this as an entry!

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  8. Becky_SharpAugust 19, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    I'm a librarian and I would love to have that dictionary. I would give it an amazing home. :)

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  9. BurtonReview August 19, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    I love meaty, in regards to book meat that is.

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  10. Schef_1203August 19, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    I can haz book please? :)

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  11. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    Beautiful. My mom is the youngest of four sisters and as the youngest she graduated from college last. It had been a tradition for the four sisters to pass down their mother's dictionary from one to the other and eventually I ended up with it. Though my girlfriend doesn't really understand, that book with all it's coffee stains, ripped pages, scribbled notes and even a duct tape repair is one of my most prized possessions.
    Count me in!

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  12. sellitaAugust 19, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    awesome giveaway. I would look up the word "fanny." I imagine the example sentence looking something like this: "Goodness, Marcus, perchance your gaze has happened upon Gwendolyn's robust fanny?"

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  13. Beau A.C. HarbinAugust 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    This would make an awesome gift to my wife who is an English professor. Thanks for the opportunity.

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  14. Ted HobgoodAugust 19, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    That is a truly momentous book! Wherever did you find it?

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  15. A BjarkanAugust 19, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    OH MY GOD HOW do you offer these things for free?

    get get get

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  16. Patient PetuniaAugust 19, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    Fabulous! I would love to be it's new owner.

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  17. InGothWeTrussAugust 19, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Oh I would so love this as I collect them!

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  18. JuliaAugust 19, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    yes please!!

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  19. SalTAugust 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Love old dictionaries. ...

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  20. KarenAugust 19, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    Amazing this book is still around and looks in great shape!

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  21. bookwormAugust 19, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    Thank you for another giveaway. This would be an awesome Christmas gift for my sister in law (who works for a newspaper) if I don't keep it for myself. Count me in, please!

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  22. Danzel @Silver Shoes and Rabbit HolesAugust 19, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    AWESOME.

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  23. AlexAugust 19, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    I have book envy! I'd love to enter. I have been following your blog for a while now, love it!
    Alyssa

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  24. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Oh this looks nice. Thanks for the opportunity to win it.

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  25. AESAugust 19, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    I'd love it :) Old dictionaries are nifty. Thanks for the giveaway. My email is in my blogger profile...

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  26. DMAugust 19, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    I'm interested. Count me in! :)

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  27. AmandaAugust 19, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    I just found this blog, and I must say I want your job. And that book. I want that book.

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  28. ArtephiusAugust 19, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    Oh yeah, feel some paper between your fingers while you look up words. so much more satisfying than listening to the plastic clicking of the keyboard. I'm in.

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  29. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    Wow, this is an amazing book!

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  30. MargaretAugust 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    Ok, that is so cool. Count me in! Thanks!

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  31. AlisonAugust 19, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    What! That is awesome!

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  32. NancyAugust 19, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    I use Webster's 1828 online all the time (except that no website gives everything that's on the pages of the actual dictionary).

    I so WANT this dictionary! I hope, hope, hope I win! Aren't you wonderful to give it away? (Yes, you ARE!)

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  33. MarcoAugust 19, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    Words, words, words. Count me in! :)

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  34. dirkAugust 19, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    Words... WORDS!

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  35. Lady DragonessAugust 19, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    I love leather... count me in on this one.

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  36. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    I'm in!

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  37. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    This book is beautiful.

    --fluffy8u@hotmail.com--

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  38. HAPPY DAY MAILAugust 19, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    Would love to get this one...put my name in the hat, please.

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  39. gennaAugust 19, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Awesome! Count me in!

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  40. Bob HayAugust 19, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    Yes please.

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  41. JeronimoAugust 19, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    Oooh, this one looks interesting.

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  42. Crystal ArcandAugust 19, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    I literally squealed when I saw this - does that make me a pathetic nerd?

    You can call me whatever you want if I win!

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  43. mcpherrinmAugust 19, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    I love dictionaries. This is an amazing piece!

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  44. nightsmusicAugust 19, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    I too use the Webster's 1828 online. Not as good as a real book though. I'm too tactile a person. Most of my books, research and dictionary/thesaurus type are from C19 and I would love to add this. Imagine how many hands have paged through this over the years and what they were looking for.

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  45. BrittanyGaleAugust 19, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    Count me in please!!!

    quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  46. WilliamAugust 19, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    I'd love that. Gimme an entry!

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  47. Nalan HikariAugust 19, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    Goodness. That thing's absolutely gorgeous. Whoever does end up with the beauty is definitely very lucky.

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  48. Rachel EvansAugust 19, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    Ooo, me me!

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  49. RachelAugust 19, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    This is gorgeous! Please count me in!

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  50. MoonshadowAugust 19, 2011 at 11:00 PM

    WORD!

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  51. RoseAugust 19, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    OOOOO! A dictionary! I love words!

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  52. AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    Ohhh this is a piece of art...I really need to smell the pages and feel the binding. My fingers are tingling!

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  53. UnknownAugust 19, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    This is absolutely beautiful. Count me in!

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  54. Junk It FolkAugust 20, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    Wonderful book! I'd be privileged to keep it in my care. Thanks for the give-away!

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  55. dorisAugust 20, 2011 at 2:19 AM

    Please select me at random! I'm a dictionary nut. Maybe it's something having to do with the way they smell.

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  56. Hannah ElizabethAugust 20, 2011 at 3:35 AM

    beautiful! reference books are my favorite!

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  57. joemmamaAugust 20, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    oh my..this is beautiful!

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  58. LeafletAugust 20, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    I am positively lusting for this dictionary!

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  59. SaraAugust 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    This would make an excellent gift for my parents :) Thank you for the chance!

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