Words by Bbc (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

AUDIO CD. Condition: Very Good. 1 BRAND NEW AUDIO CD. ONE NEW CD sealed in the shrink wrap. Slight publisher remainder mark. Enjoy this NEW Audio CD performance, GIFT QUALITY for your home and library.

Audio CD. Condition: Very Good. 2 BRAND NEW AUDIO CDs. NEW CDs sealed in the shrink wrap. Slight publisher remainder mark. Enjoy this NEW Audio CD performance, GIFT QUALITY for your home and library. Audio Book.

AUDIO CD. Condition: Very Good. BRAND NEW AUDIO CD. ONE NEW CD sealed in the shrink wrap. Slight publisher remainder mark. Enjoy this NEW Audio CD performance, GIFT QUALITY for your home and library.

AudioCD. Condition: Very Good. ONE New AUDIO CD. Some shelf wear to the shrink wrap. NEW CDs inside. Enjoy this brand new AUDIO CD performance.

AUDIO CD. Condition: Very Good. 1 BRAND NEW AUDIO CD. NEW IN THE SHRINK WRAP. Just a bit of shelf wear to the box. NEW CDS INSIDE. Enjoy this RELIABLE AUDIO CD performance for your home and library.

AUDIO CD. Condition: Very Good. 2 BRAND NEW AUDIO CDs. NEW CDs sealed in the shrink wrap. Slight publisher remainder mark. Enjoy this NEW Audio CD performance, GIFT QUALITY for your home and library.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fading to spine of Dj. Spotting to page edges.

Condition: Good. Dust jacket has light scratches/scuffs and outer edges have minor scuffs, book content is in very good readable condition.

reprint orig. cloth Very Good octavo 261pp., frontis., b/w plates, Selected from talks given on the BBC 1939-41.

Soft. Condition: Very Good. February 2008 - Special Edition #18. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Light shelf wear to cover. Size: 4to. Magazine.

2nd printing chipped dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 261pp., frontis., b/w plates, Selected from talks given on the BBC 1939-41.

A poignant letter, written during Joad's final illness (he died on 9 April 1953). Joad's entry in the Oxford DNB ends with this assessment: 'Cyril Joad was an outstanding educator, a tireless proponent of 'progressive' causes, and one of the best-known broadcasters of the 1940s.' The recipient Vere Henry Collins (1872-1966), was an author and grammatical stickler, and the letter concerns his 1952 book 'The Choice of Words'. 2pp, 4to. Aged and discoloured, and cropped at the head with loss of a line of text. Folded once for postage. Date given in ink at head, presumably by Collins. Written in pencil in a barely-legible hand. Signed 'Your old friend / Cyril Joad' and beginning: 'Vere, / You've written a lovely book. I'm ill in bed - have been for a very long time; prostate! - and have therefore read it with continuity and attention as it is "sweet" in the Victorian good sense of the word - the sense in which there aren't any 'sweet' girls now.' The concluding half of the letter is difficult to decipher. Postscript: 'PS For the next impression should not "Sydney" on p 154 be Melbourne? / PS (2) Why not continue in the same vein up to our time / Come and see me'.…