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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.45.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, New York, 1962
Seller: Monkey House Books, Miller Place, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover, tan cloth boards. Condition: Good. 2nd Impression. Essays on language and words. 254 pages, index of words, names, titles. Ex-school library.
Hard cover. Condition: Good. Bright and unmarked inside where those English words are with a few tiny foxing dots on endpapers. Cover is dusty. and corners bumpard a little.Sewn binding, gray clith with black printing and decoration. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. x-library. Dust jacket is good with mylar cover. Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. Binding is still tight. Covers are intact but may be repaired. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!.
Published by LIPPINCOTT, Philadelphia, 1962
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Tan Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Minor wear at spine ends, bump to one corner, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows wear at spine ends and corners, surface tear top right front (from sticker removal?). About some of the words one "finds in his encounters with the English language".
Published by A Delta Book / Dell Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1965
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Fair. Per the back cover, this work ". . .is a book about the fun, the excitement, the adventure and discovery that the author, as writer and reader, finds in his encounters with the English language." He explores, with wit and humor, various quirks of the language, as well as some specific words, such as "floccipaucinilihilipilification", the longest word in the O.E.D. --- In black wraps with a collage of words to cover. --- The tail of the spine is scuffed and torn, pages somewhat browned; volume is otherwise intact and tightly bound.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 254 pages.
Published by Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1962
Seller: sonalsorises, Los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No statement of first edition. Price clipped dust jacket.
Published by Collins, 1964
Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third Impression. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed to edges, no tears or fading. Now in removable clear protective sleeve. Not price clipped. Signed to free front end paper by the late Lucile Moore, first name only, also has her address in Tewkesbury No other inscriptions. Clean copy internally, appears almost unread. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.
Published by London : Collins, 1961
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 288 pp., 22 cm. Subjects; English language Words History. Etymology. Philology. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Collins, 1961
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 288 pp., 22 cm. Subjects; English language Words History. Etymology. Philology. 1 Kg.
Published by Collins, [1964], 1964
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Signed
8vo., Third Impression; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Enthralling historical survey of centuries of literary and colloquial English by the author of the Brensham trilogy. This copy was formerly in the library of Berta Lawrence, the West Country author and topographer, and bears her signed holograph inscription on front free endpaper.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, 1961
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. Dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages are bright and clear with mild foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and noticeable staining to gutters and hinges; some slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with heavy sunning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has similar sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
Published by Collins, 1961
Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback with dustwrapper, slight rubbing to wrapper, more pronounced to top and bottom of spine, spine is slightly darkened, wrapper now in removable clear protective sleeve, not price clipped. INSCRIBED MY LASS UNPARALLEL'D FROM HER JOHN SEPT 1961 ) to front end paper, Lucille Moore's name to free front end paper in pencil, no other inscriptions. Bright and clean internally, slight spotting to edge of text block. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.
Published by Collins, London, 1961
Seller: Roger Lucas Booksellers, Horncastle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st edition, 8vo, 288pp, VG Copy in DJ chipped about spine extrems and corners Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Collins, London, 1961
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. "I know you: You are light as dreams, tough as oak, precious as gold, as poppies and corn, or an old cloak.".
Published by Collins,, 1961
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enthralling historical survey of centuries of literary and colloquial English by the author of the Brensham trilogy.
Published by Lippincott, 1962
Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Slight rubbing and wear to wrapper, spine is slightly faded, titles still quite readable. Wrapper is in a clear protective sleeve. Not price clipped, signed by John Moore to free front end paper, name only, no other marks or inscriptions. Clean internally with little wear. just some slight spotting to edge of text block. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.
Published by Collins, 1964
Seller: Books Written By (PBFA Member), Northampton, NTH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Impression. Red boards with gold lettering to the spine. Light wear to the boards. Some spotting to the closed pages edges. Glazed clipped dust jacket, minor shelf wear to the extremities. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. 288pp, No inscriptions, clean and bright pages throughout. (Any digital image can be provided upon request).
Publication Date: 1962
Seller: LibreriaElcosteño, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, BA, Argentina
Tapa Blanda. Condition: New. IMAGENES: En caso que no exista imagen de tapa. no dude en solicitarla. Ejemplar Nuevo.