Noah Jacobs (109 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. A clean and sound copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. Please note: International and Domestic Priority orders for this item Do Not require additional shipping.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 159 pages; 2nd printing. Ex-library with typical marks, light wear; sunned spine, pages toned; a good solid book. No jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Languages & Linguistics; Inventory No: 186423.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-Libris with usual library matter and stamps to upper, lower, and outer edges of text. Dust jacket in mylar. Deckled outer and lower edges of text. Slight wear on upper edge of text. Otherwise VG 359 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Toils of Language. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Revised Edition. DJ has a small tear to the front upper edge near the spine. ; First printing of revised edition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Second Printing. J Spine Browned jacket. Very Good.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. About thirty-five years ago, Noah Jacobs published a modest work entitled Naming Day in Eden, an ingenious, learned, entertaining, playful, and altogether joyous disquisition on language. More than a quarter-century on, the author himself looked upon his handiwork and saw that it was good. So the Toils of Language returns to the primal Edenic scene. But, multum in parvo (while deprecating French, Mr. Jacobs welcomes Latin), in those few Paradisal acres were sown all the joys and woes of man. Accordingly, this new Shandean classic is even more philosophical than its predecessor; Jacobs has license to treat, briefly and profoundly, things like the basis of our nature as revealed in language, the role of illusion in human life, the armed truce between the sexes, the hate-filled origins of whole tribes of words now quite anodyne, and many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. This marriage of dulce et utile, having been arranged in Eden, is warranted sound in wind and limb, with strength for the plow, looks for the shafts, and places for the saddle.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good +. Location:227 157 dj torn 227.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket, 503pp. First edition. A SEALED and IMMACULATE copy. Extra postage may be asked (3).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Light foxing to end papers, chips and closed tears to dust jacket which is also price-clipped. End sheets in rear have extensive notes in what looks to me in Arabic, also doodle on rear flap.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hbk 140pp dj price-clipped now in protective sleeve otherwise an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Revised Edition. First printing of the revised edition. Remainder mark. Book is in excellent. No noticable signs of wear. DJ is clipped. Otherwise very nice. Binding is tight. Spine is straight. Pages are unmarked.

Condition: New. In English.