Robert Burchfield — The English Language

London, Folio Society, 2006. Cloth. A lovely copy of Robert Burchfield's study of the English language, still sealed in shrinkwrap and thus in immaculate condition. A superb copy of this work in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with the original slipcase. The impression is unknown, as it remains sealed in shrinkwrap. A Folio society reissue of this history of the English language by Robert Burchfield (1923-2004), the editor of the four-volume Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary. In this sweeping work, Burchfield traces the constantly changing English language from the fifth century AD to the twenty-first century. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with the original slipcase, still sealed in shrinkwrap. Externally, in immaculate condition. As New . Ill.: Not Stated. As New .