Plain Words Guide Use English by Sir Ernest Gowers (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Very Good condition, no DJ. Reprint. No markings to the text block. No marks of personal identification or prior ownership. Sun fading to the book cloth (see our photo).; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Fair. 1948. Reprinted. 94 pages. Cream paper covers. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has moderate edge wear with noticeable creasing and chipping. Moderate tanning and markings. A few liquid droplet marks.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, edges and corners a little creased and worn, also a little grubby, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing, top right corner lightly creased throughout, previous owners name on title page.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 94 pages. Plus a short LCC Staff Training Pamphlet.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1950 reprint. Paperback. v, 94 pp. A guide to the use of English by officials. Cream paper covers. Text clean. Overall condition Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Mylar protected jacket, unclipped has some small tears and dings on corners & spine.Bright green boards tight. Spine has black banner with gold lettering. Interior clean, no markings.

Condition: Good. FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. His Majesty's Stationery Office 1948, reprint. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. N/A (illustrator). PB Reprint March 1949. See my pic. 21.2 x 13.8cm. 94 pages. Price 2s 0d net. Contents: Prologue. Digression on Legal English. The Elements. Correctness. Choice of Words - Introduction. Avoiding Superfluous Words. Choosing Familiar Word. Choosing Concrete Word. Handling of Words. Punctuation. Epilogue. Condition: Tear on cover base of spine, top layer cover lifted, paper cover visible under. Slight spine, edge, corner, rub. Cover generally evenly age discoloured. Outer edge of pages collectively discoloured with age, internally appears unread, clean, tight binding, good colour.

Later printing of the first edition. Original 1948 date still appears on the title page; the book went rapidly through multiple printings. This copy was printed in August, 1950. Cloth with dust wrapper. Title in a bar on the spine of the binding. Price of 3s 6d printed on the face of the wrapper. Fine copy in very near fine dust wrapper with very slight wear to the surface of the spine panel. Gowers' guide cutting through the thickets of overwriting and officialese went through several later versions. Very scarce in this edition and in this superlative condition.

4º menor.- 2 h.- 94 pgs.- rústica. .