"Names On the Land", A Historical Account of Place-naming in the United States, by George R. Stewart. Copyrights 1945-2008 by several parties, most recently by Matt Weiland, who wrote the Introduction to this edition. Published by New York Review Books, New York. 7th updated and revised, expanded Edition, Fourth Coded Printing of the Seventh Edition. NOT Ex-Library. ISBN 978-1-5901-7273-5. Note - the photos you see are of this volume - no 'Stock Photos' - we never use them.
A tight, firm clean book in multicolor illustrated soft wraps, 8" x 5" x 511 pages of splendid text and illustrations on the United States and how the names came to be.
Here is the story of the odd, obsolete, strange, or wrongly used words for place names in America - a splendid way to tell why, how and when the names originated, how the changed, how they came to be what they are today. A wonderful dictionary for the reader, writer, user of wonderful words.Clean, tight, firm, Like New condition but for a corner bump, just to the back margin of several pages - margin only. Otherwise the book appears unopened. No looseness, No dogears, No mustiness, No smoke smell. We do try to describe them accurately. We want you back as a customer. Hundreds of repeat customers.
A wonderful volume for the author, reader, teacher, historian, collector. No names, No other pencilings, No bookplates, NOT Ex-Library, NOT Remainder-marked. Don't let this one get by you - it is a splendid find!