Morris Marples — University Slang
London , Williams and Norgate, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. An interesting volume on language by Morris Marples. A first edition copy. This book deals with the distinctive speech of the universities of England, the slang, and other peculiarities of speech which have been adopted by undergraduates over the centuries. In the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally lovely with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrapper which is smart with tape to the head and tail of the spine and fading to the spine. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.