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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
by Norris, Mary
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- Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2019
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781324001270
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 10.30
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New York: W.W. Norton. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2019. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 227 pp. . Item Price
SGD 10.30
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The Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper Through Our Sumptuous Lexicon
by Gordon, Karen Elizabeth
- Condition
- Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395689905
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1997. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 162 pp., Gift inscription on front free endpaper . Item Price
SGD 10.30
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How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die
by Crystal, David
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- Used - Nearly fine copy
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781583332917
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New York: Avery. Nearly fine copy. 2007. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 500 pp. . Item Price
SGD 10.30
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Bullshit [boo'l-shit]: A Lexicon
by Peters, Mark
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2015
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781101904534
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 13.73
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New York: Three Rivers Press. Fine copy (issued without dust jacket). 2015. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 182 pp. . Item Price
SGD 13.73
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series, Volume 1
by Simpson, John & Edmund Weiner (editors)
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780198612926
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 27.46
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Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1993. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 334 pp. . Item Price
SGD 27.46
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Symbol Formation; An Organismic-Developmental Approach to Language and the Expression of Thought
by Werner, Heinz & Bernard Kaplan
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- Edition
- Later prt.
- Published
- 1967
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- Hardcover
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 34.32
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New York: John Wiley & Sons. Fine copy. 1967. Later prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 530 pp. . Item Price
SGD 34.32
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QPB Enclyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
by Hendrickson, Robert
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780965379458
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- 1
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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New York: Facts on File. Fine copy. 1997. 1st. softcover. 4to, 754 pp. . Item Price
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Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print - and How to Avoid Them
by Walsh, Bill
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780965161350
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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Chicago: Contemporary Books. Fine copy. 2000. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 246 pp. . Item Price
SGD 10.30
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The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories
by Fuentes, Carlos
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374132774
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 13.73
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1997. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 266 pp., Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam. . Item Price
SGD 13.73
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The Chinese Have a Word for It: The Complete Guide to Chinese Thought and Culture
by De Mente, Boye Lafayette
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- Edition
- Later prt.
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780658010781
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New York: McGraw-Hill. Fine copy. 2000. Later prt.. softcover. 8vo, 506 pp. . Item Price
SGD 13.73
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Psycholinguistics: Introduction and Applications (with CD)
by Menn, Lise
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781597562836
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- 1
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 20.59
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San Diego: Plural Publishing. Fine copy. 2010. 1st. softcover. Tall 8vo, 486 pp., Includes CD in rear pocket. . Item Price
SGD 20.59
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Names: A Collector's Compendium of Rare and Unusual, Bold and Beautiful, Odd and Whimsical Names
by Dickson, Paul
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385294621
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New York: Delacorte Press. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1986. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 282 pp. . Item Price
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Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style
by Garvey, Mark
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781416590927
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 17.16
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New York: Touchstone /Simon & Schuster. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 208 pp. . Item Price
SGD 17.16
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Making Dictionaries: Preserving Indigenous Languages of the Americas
by Frawley, William; Kenneth C. Hill & Pamela Munro (editors)
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780520229969
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Berkeley: University of California Pre. Fine copy. 2002. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 449 pp. . Item Price
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The Cambridge Companion to Saussure
by Sanders, Carol (editor)
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2004
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780521804868
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine copy. 2004. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 303 pp. . Item Price
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Chosen Words
by Brown, Ivor
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- Edition
- 1st
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 20.59
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London: Jonathan Cape. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1955. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 304 pp. . Item Price
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The Beginning of Speech: A Treatise on the Uni-Radical Origin of Indo-European Words
by Snell, Alpheus Loveys
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- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1910
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- Hardcover
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 205.94
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Very good copy. 1910. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 267 pp., Inscribed by the author (with regards and compliments of the author) on the title page. . Item Price
SGD 205.94
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A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Third Edition)
by Hall, John R. Clarke
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- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 48.05
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine copy. 1931. 3rd ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 437 pp. . Item Price
SGD 48.05
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Vox Latina: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Latin
by Allen, W. Sidney
- Condition
- Used - Fine copy in very good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Pittsford, New York, USA
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SGD 34.32
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. 1965. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 112 pp. . Item Price
SGD 34.32
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The Adventure of Language
by Girsdansky, Michael
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- Used - Fine copy
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
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SGD 6.86
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Fine copy. 1963. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 347 pp. . Item Price
SGD 6.86