Ingersoll, Charles M. Conversations on English Grammar; explaining the Principles and Rules of the Language, illustrated by Appropriate Exercises; abridged, and adapted to the use of Schools. New-York: Wiley & Halsted, No. 3 Wall-Street, 1822. Second Edition. [12500]
Leather spine with marbled paper over card, red leather spine title label chipped at bottom, binding is very scuffed and worn with some loss of paper and rounded corners. Outer joints still good and intact, contents shaken. [i]-xx, [1]-296 pp., text counted and complete. Lacks one final end paper (blank) and the one present is torn with loss at the bottom, and has pencil rubbings of a matron head large cent. Text has light stains, some pencil notations, and foxing. Fair. Hardcover.
Nietz, Old Textbooks, p. 122. "Also in 1821 Charles M. Ingersoll published his Conversations on English Grammar, which appeared in a number of editions. This was a rather large book, which was presented in three sections or parts: Conversation, which in part was in question and answer form; Additional Remarks, which consisted of material amplifying the early section; and Punctuation, which dealt with definitions and rules, together with their application to punctuation."
