Editor Elizabeth Knowles (44 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. cover is a little scuffed - pages in nice condition - soft bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Previous owners name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st printing, Sept. 1990. Cover art by David Hardy. Paperback original. Includes "Risks of Memory" by Elizabeth Moon; "Werehouse" by Michael Flynn; "The Important Things in Life" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "Curtain Call" by T. W. Knowles II; "Thematic Abberation" by Charles Sheffield; "Thus I Refute Kafka" by John J. Ordover; "Tiger Hunt" by John Dalmas; "Defense Initiative" by John Gribbon. Speculative Fact: "Another Step Farther Out" by J. E. Pournelle; "Neptune Diary" by Poul Anderson; "The Potentials of Nanotechnology" by Keith Henson; "The Unlicked Bear-Whelp" by Charles Sheffield; "2001: The Personal Computer" by Mark L. Van Name; "Fusion" by S. M. Stirling; "Guest Editorial: The B-2 Lottery" by Marc Stiegler. Light hinge crease; mild tanning and edge nicks, bumps and dings. Book. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing, Sept. 1990. Cover art by David Hardy. Paperback original. Includes "Risks of Memory" by Elizabeth Moon; "Werehouse" by Michael Flynn; "The Important Things in Life" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "Curtain Call" by T. W. Knowles II; "Thematic Abberation" by Charles Sheffield; "Thus I Refute Kafka" by John J. Ordover; "Tiger Hunt" by John Dalmas; "Defense Initiative" by John Gribbon. Speculative Fact: "Another Step Farther Out" by J. E. Pournelle; "Neptune Diary" by Poul Anderson; "The Potentials of Nanotechnology" by Keith Henson; "The Unlicked Bear-Whelp" by Charles Sheffield; "2001: The Personal Computer" by Mark L. Van Name; "Fusion" by S. M. Stirling; "Guest Editorial: The B-2 Lottery" by Marc Stiegler. Mild tanning; light rubbing; minor bumps and dings; minor edge soil. Book. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing, Sept. 1990. Cover art by David Hardy. Paperback original. Includes "Risks of Memory" by Elizabeth Moon; "Werehouse" by Michael Flynn; "The Important Things in Life" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "Curtain Call" by T. W. Knowles II; "Thematic Abberation" by Charles Sheffield; "Thus I Refute Kafka" by John J. Ordover; "Tiger Hunt" by John Dalmas; "Defense Initiative" by John Gribbon. Speculative Fact: "Another Step Farther Out" by J. E. Pournelle; "Neptune Diary" by Poul Anderson; "The Potentials of Nanotechnology" by Keith Henson; "The Unlicked Bear-Whelp" by Charles Sheffield; "2001: The Personal Computer" by Mark L. Van Name; "Fusion" by S. M. Stirling; "Guest Editorial: The B-2 Lottery" by Marc Stiegler. Tanning; light rubbing. Book. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing, Sept. 1990. Cover art by David Hardy. Paperback original. Includes "Risks of Memory" by Elizabeth Moon; "Werehouse" by Michael Flynn; "The Important Things in Life" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "Curtain Call" by T. W. Knowles II; "Thematic Abberation" by Charles Sheffield; "Thus I Refute Kafka" by John J. Ordover; "Tiger Hunt" by John Dalmas; "Defense Initiative" by John Gribbon. Speculative Fact: "Another Step Farther Out" by J. E. Pournelle; "Neptune Diary" by Poul Anderson; "The Potentials of Nanotechnology" by Keith Henson; "The Unlicked Bear-Whelp" by Charles Sheffield; "2001: The Personal Computer" by Mark L. Van Name; "Fusion" by S. M. Stirling; "Guest Editorial: The B-2 Lottery" by Marc Stiegler. Edge nicks; light surface wear, bumps and dings. Book. …

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 694 pp.

Paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Third Impression. Very good unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: New. First printing. Blue cloth binding, 694pp. No d/j. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Later prt. 8vo, 482 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Name on fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine in mylar protected, illustrated dust jacket. Listed by author with index. 1155 pages. Heavy book will require extra postage. Unread copy. NEW in NEW dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st edition /1st Printing. a very clean tight unmarked copy with still crisp pages and a mylar protected dust cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1997 First Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997 First Ed. Hard Cover. Book Condition : Very Good, As new only damage is to front cover & jacket which has indents which marr the surface. Heavy book may require extra postage. Bookseller Inventory #001101. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/A (illustrator). N/A. …

paperback. Condition: New.

New Revised Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 1136 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Revised edition of: The Oxford dictionary of quotations / edited by Angela Partington. 4th ed. 1992. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Dictionary -- Special Categories -- Advertising slogans -- Borrowed titles -- Catchphrases -- Closing lines -- Epitaphs -- Film lines -- Film titles -- Last words -- Military sayings, slogans, and songs -- Misquotations -- Mottoes -- Newspaper headlines and leaders -- Official advice -- Opening lines -- Political slogans and songs -- Prayers -- Sayings and Slogans -- Songs, spirituals, and shanties -- Telegrams -- Toasts -- Administration -- Age -- America -- Art -- Books -- Britain -- Business -- Computing -- Drinks -- Education -- Environment -- Europe -- Family -- Fashion -- Film -- Food -- Future -- Gardening -- Health and Fitness -- Law -- Literature -- Love -- Marriage -- Men and Women -- Music -- Past -- Photography -- Politics -- Present -- Press -- Quotations -- Religion -- Royalty -- Science -- Seasons -- Sex -- Sport -- Technology -- Television -- Transport -- Travel -- War -- Weather -- Youth. Subjects; Quotations, English. Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic. Quotations (texts). Quotations Dictionaries. English language. Quotations ; Dictionaries ; Databases. Quotations ; Translations into English. Aphorisms. Authorship. Literature Dictionaries. Proverbs. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. First edition. Third printing. Hardcover. Full green cloth, with gilt spine lettering and brown endpapers. FINE in a FINE jacket. A clean, tight copy. Octavo, 500 pages. "Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs" features 2,000 proverbs and sayings arranged thematically across 250 subjectsfrom cats and dogs to caution and extravagance. Each theme includes a brief introduction, and every entry provides the proverb's source, meaning, and earliest known use. Elizabeth Knowles, a lexicographer and editor of multiple Oxford reference works, draws on Oxford's vast research base to include both traditional English sayings and proverbs from global cultures, such as Japan, China, India, and Africa. This compact reference combines scholarly authority with accessibility and charm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Famous sayings , quotes and phrases arranged by subject matter. Vital for the speech writer.

New Revised Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 1136 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Revised edition of: The Oxford dictionary of quotations / edited by Angela Partington. 4th ed. 1992. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Dictionary -- Special Categories -- Advertising slogans -- Borrowed titles -- Catchphrases -- Closing lines -- Epitaphs -- Film lines -- Film titles -- Last words -- Military sayings, slogans, and songs -- Misquotations -- Mottoes -- Newspaper headlines and leaders -- Official advice -- Opening lines -- Political slogans and songs -- Prayers -- Sayings and Slogans -- Songs, spirituals, and shanties -- Telegrams -- Toasts -- Administration -- Age -- America -- Art -- Books -- Britain -- Business -- Computing -- Drinks -- Education -- Environment -- Europe -- Family -- Fashion -- Film -- Food -- Future -- Gardening -- Health and Fitness -- Law -- Literature -- Love -- Marriage -- Men and Women -- Music -- Past -- Photography -- Politics -- Present -- Press -- Quotations -- Religion -- Royalty -- Science -- Seasons -- Sex -- Sport -- Technology -- Television -- Transport -- Travel -- War -- Weather -- Youth. Subjects; Quotations, English. Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic. Quotations (texts). Quotations Dictionaries. English language. Quotations ; Dictionaries ; Databases. Quotations ; Translations into English. Aphorisms. Authorship. Literature Dictionaries. Proverbs. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. y Good. n Fifth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Comprehensive collection of 20,000 authenticated quotations. 1136pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Evidence of some damp damage to rear of volume, leaving stain to rear pastedown and lower edges and slightly rippled pages, also to inside of rear panel of wrapper, otherwise very good copy and DJ. VERY HEAVY BOOK, additional postage will be requested. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fifth Edition. HEAVY. xv, 1136pp, indexes. Or boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, prev owner name on front free endpaper. A major revision and update. Includes thematic and keyword indexes. Size: Small 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Paperback Printing. A creased spine with edge rubbing. Store stamp. Stories by :Elizabeth, Moon, Michael Flynn, Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., T.W.Knowles II, Charles Sheffield, John J.Ordover, John Dalmas, John Gribbin, J.E.Pournelle, Poul Anderson, Keith, Mark L.Van Name, S.M.Stirling, Marc Stiegler. Hardy, David (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. 6 3/4 x 9 inches. 1140 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1152 pages. Ever since the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations published over 70 years ago, this bestselling book has remained unrivalled in its coverag e of quotations both past and present. The eighth edition is a vast treasury of wit and wisdom spanning the centuries and providing the ultimate answer to the q uestion, 'Who said that?' Find that only half-remembered line in a collection of over 20,000 quotations, comprehensively indexed for ready reference. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations provides a quote for every occasion that spans the gre atest minds of history to the people who gave us one-liners. Drawing on Oxford' s unrivalled dictionary research program and unique language monitoring, over 70 0 new quotations have been added to this eighth edition from authors ranging fro m St Joan of Arc and Coco Chanel to Albrecht Durer and Thomas Jefferson. New say ings that span the ages include It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish (the classical writer Heraclitus), My father used to say: Don 't raise your voice, improve your argument'' (Desmond Tutu), and The future is a lready here-it's just not evenly distributed (the writer William Gibson). Two h undred authors make their debut in this edition, with a brand-new companion webs ite that links to dozens of spoken quotations by the authors themselves. Editor ial Reviews With its more than 20,000 quotations, organized alphabetically by a uthor's last name, the dictionary will both educate and entertain anybody who ap preciates other people's wisdom or, alternatively, enjoys discovering statements that are downright dumb.-Library Journal Now more than a half-century old, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. arrives in a freshly updated sixth edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oxford University Press, 2000; First Printing with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket in VG+ condition, arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Not available for domestic priority/expedited shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in blue buckram covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is a blue silk bookmark. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs features over 2,000 proverbs and sayings from around the world, arranged across 250 subjects - from 'Books' and 'Borrowing' to 'Dreams' and 'Drink'. Each theme has a short introduction giving an overview of the proverbial treatment of the topic and each proverb is accompanied by information on its date, source, and meaning. Not only is this book a pleasure to browse but it is ideal for quick reference with its comprehensive index that makes it easy to find the exact phrase you're looking for. Beautifully produced and designed, it is the perfect gift for anyone who loves language. Drawing on Oxford's ongoing dictionary research and language monitoring, the second edition of this delightful book adds phrases that have come to prominence, or increased in popularity, since publication of the first edition, such as 'Never waste a good crisis' and 'Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have', which add a contemporary flavour to the selection of more traditional English proverbs, and the popular sayings used in the English-speaking world from Asia, Africa, Middle East, and many other cultures. Find phrases on all aspects of life in this fascinating little book. Ref V 7.…

[978-0-19-923717-3] 2009, 7th edition. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. xxvi, 1155pp. 8vo. Two satin ribbon markers, one blue, one yellow. Internally clean and bright. Light scuffs to the edges. Jacket shows light wear.

hardcover. Condition: Good.