The Elements of Style [First Trade Edition]
Published by Harcourt Brace, New York, 1920
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Quaint Book Shop, Springfield, OH, U.S.A.Quaint Book Shop
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Condition: Used - Good
£ 494.99
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First trade printing of what became a standard style book for writers. This was originally prepared by Strunk for use in his classes at Cornell University and, based upon the dates on the copyright page, there were apparently two private printings (1918 and 1919) before this first trade edition. Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 52 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight though toned from age. Six pages have markings in pencil, usually a check mark for a section, but a few instances of examples of sentence construction on two of the pages. Blue paper over boards bound in blue fabric. The title and author are printed in block within a box and there is an HB CO logo on the front cover. The fabric on the spine is brittle and torn almost all the way up the spine, so that the cover is barely hanging on. No foxing in this copy. The previous owner's name has been erased from the front free end paper and a previous bookseller has penciled a price in at the top of that page. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books for Writers; United States; 1920s; Main Picture: William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1920, First Trade Edition) - Front cover. Picture 2: William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1920, First Trade Edition) - Title Page. Picture 3: William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1920, First Trade Edition) - First page of Table of Contents. Picture 4: William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1920, First Trade Edition) - Inside front cover with piece of cloth spine laid in. Picture 5: William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1920, First Trade Edition) - Text showing penciled annotations. Picture 6: William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1920, First Trade Edition) - Elementary Principles of Composition. Picture 7: William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1920, First Trade Edition) - A Few Matters of From. Picture 8: William Strunk, Jr. The Elements of Style (1920, First Trade Edition) - Exercises. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1149.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Elements of Style [First Trade Edition]
- Author
- Strunk, Jr., William
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace, New York
- Publication year
- 1920
- Condition
- Good+
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket (as issued)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Trade Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Books for Writers
Quaint Book Shop
Springfield, OH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since August 28, 2025
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Quaint Book Shop is an online shop with a select inventory of used, out-of-print and antiquarian books on a wide range of subjects. Specialties include American national, regional and local history, limited and first edition books of Kenneth Roberts, vintage young adult chapter books and children’s illustrated books, particularly Little Golden Book first editions. We provide complete descriptions of each book and pictures of many. We do not use stock images; the images are of the actual book. If you have any questions about any book listed, require further information on a book’s state or condition or would like additional photographs, feel free to contact us. All hardbacks with dust jackets valued at $20 or higher have their jackets protected by a clear polyester archival cover. Little Golden Books are put into a custom-sized protective sleeve. …
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