The Wild Muse

Titles and Forms of Address: A Guide to Their Correct Use (Reference)

Editors of Who's Who · 1997

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A & C Black Publishers Ltd Trade softcover. Published London: A & C Black, 1997. 8vo. wrappers, xxxi+191pp. As new. New No Jacket, As Issued London 8vo 208

Figures of Speech ~ Sixty Ways to Turn a Phrase

Quinn, Arthur · 1982

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Gibbs M. Smith First edition, trade softcover. Published Salt Lake City:Gibbs M. Smith, 1982, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 103pp. Paper age toned, else near fine. SynopsisWriting is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as...

No Uncertain Terms

Dittrick, Mark; Kender, Diane · 1984

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Facts on File First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Facts on File, 1984, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 109pp., illustrated. Near fine. Sixty entries, enhanced by thirty line drawings, delineate the subtle differences between seemingly simple and familiar words, such...

The Garden of Eloquence: A Rhetorical Bestiary

Espy, Willard R. · 1985

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Dutton First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Dutton, 1985, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 219pp. Some age tone to the paper. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 221

Dictionary of Eponyms

Hendrickson; Hendrickson, Robert · 1985

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Stein & Day First edition thus. First softcover edition, first printing. Published NY: Stein & Day, 1985. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 432pp. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 342

The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric

Joseph, Sister Miriam; McGlinn, Marguerite · 2002

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Paul Dry Books Trade softcover. Published Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books 2002. Large 8vo., 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", xi+292pp. Fine. Fine No Jacket, As Issued First Thus 2nd Printing Philadelphia 8vo 292

X-Treme Latin: Lingua Latina Extrema - All of the Latin You Need to Know for Surviving the 21st Century

Henry Beard · 2004

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Headline Book Publishing First edition, first printing. Hard cover issued without dust jacket. Published London: Headline Book Publishing, 2004. 8vo., xix+108pp., illustrated. As new. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing London 8vo 128

Amo, Amas, Amat... and All That

Harry Mount · 2006

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Short Books Fifth printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Short Books, 2006. 8vo., 269pp., illustrated. Short, closed edge tears on four sheets, uniform toning to paper, else very good in fine dust jacket. Those endless afternoons where you struggled to rememb...

Almanac of Words at Play

Espy, Willard R. · 1975

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Clarkson Potter Trade softcover. Published NY:Clarkson Potter, 1975, third printing. 4to., 382pp. Very good plus, clean, unmarked. Very Good Plus No Jacket, As Issued 3rd Printing NY 4to 382

Cassell's Italian Dictionary: Italian-English, English-Italian

John Wiley & Sons Inc · 1984

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Macmillan Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Macmillan, 1984, seventh printing. 8vo., xxi+1128pp., Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Very Good Plus Very Good Plus NY 8vo 256

The Game of Words (R)

Espy, Willard R. · 1973

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Bramhall House First edition thus, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Bramhall House, 1973. 8vo.,279pp. Very good in very good, sun darkened dust jacket. A collection of amusing examples of acrostics, alliteration, cliches, epigrams, euphemisms, malaprop...

Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words

Sperling, Susan Kelz · 1977

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Clarkson N. Potter First edition, second printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY:Clarkson N. Potter, 1977, second printing (1978). 8vo., xii+114pp., illustrated with drawings. Very good in very good minus dust jacket. Defines old, obsolete, and unfamiliar words, d...

Beginning Greek : A Functional Approach

Paine, Stephen W. · 1961

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Oxford University Press First edition, first printing. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Oxford University Press, 1961. 8vo., xxii+327pp., illustrated. Burgundy cloth with black titles. Fine, crisp, bright copy. Fine No Jacket 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo

The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism

Geary, James · 2005

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Bloomsbury USA First U.S. edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Bloomsbury USA, 2005. 8vo., ix+229pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Starting with the ancient Chinese and ending with contemporary Europeans and Americans, The World in a Phrase tells the...

Les Verbes Francais (French Verbs). Second Edition

FEBVRE, L. · 1970

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Dublin: C. J. Fallon, Ltd, 1970. Soft cover. 8vo. Trade softcover. Published Dublin: C. J. Fallon, Ltd, 1979. 8vo. wrappers, 199pp, with errata page laid in. Text in English. Minor nick to edge of first two sheets. Very good, text clean, bright, unmarked.. Very Good .

Dictionary of Raf Slang

PARTRIDGE, ERIC · 1990

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London: Pavilion Books, 1990. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition thus. Reprint of the 1945 edition with a foreword by Russell Ash. Hard cover. Published London: Pavilion Books, 1990, first printing. Small 8vo, 76pp. Bound in pictorial laminated boards. Fine.. Fine .

Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language Second Edition Unabridged. India Paper

NEILSON, WILLIAM ALLAN; KNOTT, THOMAS; CARHART, PAUL · 1942

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Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1942. Hard. Folio. 1942 issue of the Second Edition, Unabridged, Thumb Indexed on India paper. Published Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1942. Thick folio, 9 1/2" x 12" x 3 1/4" thick, civ+3210pp, illustrated color frontis po...

Don't: A Manual of Mistakes and Improprieties More or Less Prevalent in Conduct and Speech

CENSOR (BUNCE, OLIVER BELL) · 1884

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London: Griffith & Farran, 1884. 1st. Hard. 12mo. First English edition. Hard cover half leather. Published London: Griffith & Farran, 1884. 12 mo, 77pp. Bound in brown pebbled leather over burgundy cloth, burgundy and black marbled endpapers. Mild foxing to the last few pages...

German-English Geological Terminology

JONES WILLIAM R. UND ARNOLD CISSARZ · 1931

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London: Thomas Murby & Co, 1931. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published London: Thomas Murby & Co, 1931, first printing. 8vo, xvii+250pp, plus publisher's catalog. Ribbed blue cloth with gilt titles. Near fine.. Near Fine .

Dictionary of American Slang

WENTWORTH, HAROLD AND FLEXNER, STUART BERG, EDS. · 1960

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London: George G Harrap, 1960. Hard. 8vo. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: George G Harrap, 1960, third printing. 8vo, xviii+669pp. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. Very good in fair dust jacket, chipped at the heel and crown.. Very Good .