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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

by Norris, Mary

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1st
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2019
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Hardcover
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9781324001270
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New York: W.W. Norton. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2019. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 227 pp. .
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The Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper Through Our Sumptuous Lexicon

by Gordon, Karen Elizabeth

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1st
Published
1997
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Hardcover
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9780395689905
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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 .
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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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1st
Published
2007
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Softcover
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9781583332917
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New York: Avery. Nearly fine copy. 2007. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 500 pp. .
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Bullshit [boo'l-shit]: A Lexicon

by Peters, Mark

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1st
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2015
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Hardcover
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9781101904534
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New York: Three Rivers Press. Fine copy (issued without dust jacket). 2015. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 182 pp. .
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series, Volume 1

by Simpson, John & Edmund Weiner (editors)

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1st
Published
1993
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Hardcover
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9780198612926
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Oxford: Oxford University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1993. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 334 pp. .
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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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1967
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Hardcover
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New York: John Wiley & Sons. Fine copy. 1967. Later prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 530 pp. .
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QPB Enclyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

by Hendrickson, Robert

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1st
Published
1997
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Softcover
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9780965379458
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New York: Facts on File. Fine copy. 1997. 1st. softcover. 4to, 754 pp. .
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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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1st
Published
2000
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Softcover
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9780965161350
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Chicago: Contemporary Books. Fine copy. 2000. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 246 pp. .
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The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories

by Fuentes, Carlos

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1997
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9780374132774
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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. .
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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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2000
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Softcover
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9780658010781
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New York: McGraw-Hill. Fine copy. 2000. Later prt.. softcover. 8vo, 506 pp. .
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Psycholinguistics: Introduction and Applications (with CD)

by Menn, Lise

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1st
Published
2010
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Softcover
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9781597562836
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San Diego: Plural Publishing. Fine copy. 2010. 1st. softcover. Tall 8vo, 486 pp., Includes CD in rear pocket. .
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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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1st
Published
1986
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Hardcover
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9780385294621
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New York: Delacorte Press. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1986. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 282 pp. .
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Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style

by Garvey, Mark

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1st
Published
2009
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Hardcover
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9781416590927
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New York: Touchstone /Simon & Schuster. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 208 pp. .
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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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Published
2002
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Softcover
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9780520229969
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Berkeley: University of California Pre. Fine copy. 2002. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 449 pp. .
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The Cambridge Companion to Saussure

by Sanders, Carol (editor)

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2004
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9780521804868
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine copy. 2004. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 303 pp. .
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Chosen Words

by Brown, Ivor

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Published
1955
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London: Jonathan Cape. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1955. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 304 pp. .
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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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1910
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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. .
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A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Third Edition)

by Hall, John R. Clarke

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3rd ed.
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1931
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine copy. 1931. 3rd ed.. hardcover. 8vo, 437 pp. .
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Vox Latina: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Latin

by Allen, W. Sidney

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Published
1965
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. 1965. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 112 pp. .
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The Adventure of Language

by Girsdansky, Michael

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Published
1963
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Fine copy. 1963. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 347 pp. .
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