Words Fail Me
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Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with minor age tone. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing. Seller Inventory # 9999-99998006156
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1st ed. Binding tight; dust jacket not price-clipped. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS047573I
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition book and DJ not price clipped. 181 pages good and clean with clear print, indexed. 5 spots of foxing on edge of pages. End papers good and clean. No previous names, no inscriptions. 'The English language is changing, as we use it, probably faster than it ever has before. Words Fail me, the successor to New Words for Old and Weasel Words, examines the state of the language as we chatter our way into the /eighties, using, abusing, improving, and altering our rich, untidy treasure of English. Seller Inventory # 010922
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 181 p, 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; English language Usage. English language Etymology. English language Semantics. Linguistic change. English language Etymology. English language Usage. English language Semantics. Linguistic change. English language Words Usage. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 420580
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1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 181 p, 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; English language Usage. English language Etymology. English language Semantics. Linguistic change. English language Etymology. English language Usage. English language Semantics. Linguistic change. English language Words Usage. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 420580
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