Robert Burchfield Robert Mccrum John Simpson (14 results)
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Language: English
Published by The Folio Society, 2008
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Seller: Paradou Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.Paradou Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover, with slipcase. Tight binding, unread, as new.
The English Language
Burchfield, Robert - Author; McCrum, Robert - Introduction; Simpson, John - Afterword
Published by London, 2006
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.Don's Book Store
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Published by The Folio Society, London, 2006
- Hardcover
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaBISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. pp. xxiii, 230. 8vo. Bound in burgundy buckram with gilt lettering to spine and housed in near fine like slipcase. Overall, very good+.
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Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United KingdomWeBuyBooks
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Add to basketCondition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.
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Published by The Folio Society, London, 2006
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.Don's Book Store
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Back. Condition: Fine. Slip Cased. Assumed First Edition. 230 Pages Indexed. The title of this book is The English Language. It could just as well be called A History of The English Language. There are eleven illustrations. The Frontispiece is street entertainers reciting songs and poems, from Cries of London, 1760. This bo…ok is in near new condition as some would say it is gift quality. No defects noted. The endpapers are the same burgundy color. The boards are composed of green letters over a light tan background with a burgundy quarter/spine with gold lettering. All of this in an attractive burgundy slip case with no lettering. Interior text pages are bright, tight, and white. There never was a more sparkling refutation of Dr Johnson's famous definition of the lexicographer - a harmless drudge - than the life and work of Robert Burchfield. As Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, he made the English language news. Or perhaps more accurately, he recognised that what was happening to the mother tongue in the late twentieth century was unprecedented, and he used his position at Oxford to publicise the fact. Before Burchfield, the state of the language was an unreported story; after him, it was always a source of debate, and often a headline. Burchfield's foray into linguistic controversy occurred first in the late 1970s, a world now almost as unimaginably remote as the Regency. His thrilling and controversial thesis, which caught the imagination of young arts graduates like me, as well as the attention of the world's press, was simple enough, and linked to Britain's post-imperial twilight. According to Burchfield, English was like Latin. Just as, with the decline of the Roman Empire, Latin broke up into mutually unintelligible languages like French, Spanish and Italian, so in the course of many centuries, said Burchfield, global English would similarly disintegrate into separate tongues. To the delight of cultural commentators from Sydney to Saskatchewan, Burchfield pointed out that, historically speaking, languages have always had a tendency to break up, or to evolve. There were, he argued, some powerful models of the severance of a language into two or more constituent parts, especially the emergence of the great Germanic languages of Western Europe - English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and so on - from the mutually intelligible dialects of the fifth century AD. The obvious objection to this model, which his critics were swift to deploy, was the contemporary vigour and interconnectedness of global English. In the age of mass media, the future of world English, said Burchfield's opponents, would never follow the Latin model. Gower, Neil - Map (illustrator).
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Published by The Folio Society., London., 2006
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Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United KingdomSapience Bookstore
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Add to basketHard. Condition: Fine in very good slip case. First printing thus. Fine in very good slipcase. RRP £24.95. Illustrated with glossy plates. (illustrator).
Published by The Folio Society 2006, 2006
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketSuper octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Folio Society, London
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Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, CanadaSpafford Books (ABAC / ILAB)
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Add to basket2007, 2nd printing. (Cloth, 8vo) Fine, no dust jacket. xxiii, 230pp. Second printing of the Folio Society reissue new introduction and conclusion of the 2002 Oxford University Press first edition; in slip case.
Published by Folio Society, 2006
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- First Edition
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United KingdomStella & Rose's Books, PBFA
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition with no wrapper. Introduction by McCrum, afterword by Simpson. Red cloth spine gilt titles, patterned paper boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Book is fine. Contained in slip-case. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.
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Published by The Folio Society, London, 2006
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Seller: Back Lane Books, North Vancouver, BC, CanadaBack Lane Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. The English Language. Burchfield, Robert; Robert McCrum (Introduction); John Simpson (Afterword). Published by The Folio Society, London, 2006. 8vo up to 9½" tall., xxiii, 230pp., illustrated. Quarter burgundy over diamond patterned boards; housed in a burgundy slipcase. Volume is in fine, unread cond…ition; slipcase has the lightest of shelf wear.
Published by Folio Society, 2006
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Seller: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, United KingdomParrot Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine.
The English Language. Folio Society, 2008. Slipcase; FINE
Burchfield, Robert; Robert McCrum (intro); John Simpson (afterword)
Published by Folio Society, London, 2008
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Seller: Ely Books, ELY, CAMBS, United KingdomEly Books
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Add to basketHard Cover & Slipcase. Condition: Fine. A fine copy in likewise slipcase. PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF NEWLY ACQUIRED FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS, INCLUDING MANY OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS Size: 8vo. Illustrated. (illustrator).
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Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United KingdomWeBuyBooks
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United KingdomWeBuyBooks
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
