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MacMillan Publishing Company, September 1961. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read. Small stain on edge of pages. Dust jacket is in good condition with some visible wear and discoloration. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1961. Owners' sig at front endpaper. Spine speckled. Dj sunned at spine with shallow waterstain. A clean and sound copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. International Priority Air Mail shipping available for this item. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Ex library copy, spine label removed but shadow showing. Pocket on last page, stamped on top edges of pages and bottom of title page, copyright page. Stamped withdrawn. Old tape spots on inside front and rear covers and first and last pages. (DJ now in mylar protector). ; Ex-Library; 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 "; 190 pages.

H. Hamilton, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Macmillan. 1961. F First Edition Used. H Hardcover. Very Good. In jacket over blue cloth, 8vo, 190pp. (fading, staining and short tears to jacket extremities; flap price-cliped).

Hamish Hamilton, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. First Edition. 190 pages. Grey dust jacket over red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.

New York: The Macmillan Company for Columbia University, 1961. 190 pages. Minor edgewear and spine is slightly sunned.. 1st U. S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hamish Hamilton, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. First Published in GB. 190 pages. Blue dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

H. Hamilton. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (english language, etymology, style) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

MacMillan Publishing Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 002594830X . ; Red cover is sunned on spine but clean and overall in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches .

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. 190 pages. Pages good condition. Previous owner's name, date on ffep. Gift inscription card attached to back paste down endpaper. Red cloth, gilt title on spine. Grey dust jacket with pink and grey titles. Spine and foredges lightly soiled. Edges show light wear. VG+/VG. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover.

Hardback. New.

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.… Read More

Ayer Co Pub, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. First edition, 8vo, pp. 190pp.; fine copy in the dust jacket. Inscribed by Partridge: "Dear John, You'll find a few things new to you. As ever, Eric, 15 September 1960." Partridge has also noted underneath this presentation "Pp. 13-20 & 32-39: v. slight indeed. Could well be ignored by J. W. C." The John and J. W. C. in the inscription is John W. Clark, sometimes collaborator of Partridge's and professor of English at the University of Minnesota, There is also a small correction in the text by Partridge on p. 127, and a scribble on the flap of the jacket, deleting the price.