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A Charm of Words: Essays and Papers on Language
de Eric Partridge
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first U.S. edition of this commentary on the English language from Eric Partridge. First U.S. edition. A commentary on the English language, with chapters on the etymology of advertising, dictionaries, cliches, the language of witchcraft and magic, Australian English, aspects of emptiness, and much more. Written by Eric Partridge, a New Zealand-British lexicographer of the English language and its slang. Previously held in the library of Nicholas Wall, an English judge, President of the Family Division, and Head of Family Justice for England and Wales. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Original price clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and the odd small closed tear to the boards. Sunning to the spine and the odd small mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 870T11
- Título
- A Charm of Words: Essays and Papers on Language
- Autor
- Eric Partridge
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Macmillan Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1961
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Charm Words Partridge Words
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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