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The Alphabetic Labyrinth, The Letters in History and Imagination

Johanna Drucker · 1999

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Thames & Hudson, London, 1999. First Edition, Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780500280683 First softcover edition. Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. Contains many black and white illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Prev...

Type to Spell

Marion Smith; Doroth L Butterfield · 1976

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

McGraw Hill, London; New York etc. 1976. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. University Library stamp on inside of front cover. Crisp clean covers, sound stapled binding, clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available:...

Survey of English Dialects (B) The Basic Material, Volume IV The Southern Counties, Parts I, II and III

edited by Harold Orton and Martyn F Wakelin · 1967

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

The University of Leeds; E J Arnold & Son Limited, Leeds, 1967. Edition Unstated, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Three matching volumes with fresh green covers and gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, crisp clean folding frontis maps, clean pages and end...

No. IV The Royal Readers, Illustrated

not given · 1876

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,585)

T Nelson & Sons, London; Edinburgh; New York, 1876. Early Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean brown covers with blind printing and decoration on front cover and plain spine, bumped corners, sound binding, darkened end-papers, minor marks on some pages. Con...

Divers Proverbs with their Explication & Illustration, Compiled and Methodically Digested as well for the Entertainment of the Curious as the Information of the Ignorant and for the Benefit of Young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen etc.

Nathan Bailey · 1917

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Yale University Press; Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, New Haven, Connecticut; London, 1917. Revised Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Wood-cuts by Allen Lewis. Very Good Condition/Good. Full Title: "Divers Proverbs with their Explication & Illustration, Compiled a...

Lectures on Oratory and Criticism

Joseph Priestley · 1777

£460.00 (€551.38 | $607.73 | ¥97,015)

Printed for J Johnson, London, 1777. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Worn half-leather binding with rubbed marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine-label, flaking of upper surface of spine leather has taken place. Purple stamp for Ambleforth Abbey ...

Cliches: Over 1500 Familiar Phrases Explored and Explained

Betty Kirkpatrick · 1996

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Bloomsbury, London, 1996. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. 9780747520306 First printing. Clean crisp clipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Light shelf-wear on upper edge of dust-jacket...

The Art of Speech, A Handbook of Elecution

Kathleen Rich; with a preface by Guy Pertwee · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1959. Edition Unstated, Hardcover. /Fair. Cream dust-jacket with black lettering, orange cloth with black lettering. 97pp. Dust jacket is nicked at edges, ex-library copy, covers have marks of removed sticky-tape, but are otherwise clean, binding is s...

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language... To which are prefixed, Principles of English Pronunciation.... Likewise Rules to be observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland and London etc.

John Walker · 1791

£520.00 (€623.30 | $687.00 | ¥109,670)

Sold by G G J and J Robinson and T Cadell, London, 1791. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Extended Title: "A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language... To which are prefixed, Principles of English Pronunciation.... Likewise...

The Oxford Companion to the English Language

edited by Tom McArthur · 1992

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

Oxford University Press, Oxford; New York, 1992. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780192141835 Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weig...

The Modern Age. The Pelican Guide to English Language No. 7

edited by Boris Ford · 1975

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1975. Third Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780140204650 Lightly marked covers, sound binding, clean but slightly darkened pages. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: ...

Mother Tongue: The English Language

Bill Bryson · 1991

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, London, 1991. Reprint, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780140143058 Spine is slightly sunned. Crisp clean covers, sound binding, clean pages and inside covers, corners are lightly rubbed. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Wei...