English from Good Old Books

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cover. First Ed.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 263 pages, correction page and 4 pages of adverts. Very minor wear, backstrip a bit darker..

Minneapolis: Scholastic Editor, University of Minnesota, 1927. Book. Very Good. Paper. First Ed.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 20 pages, This handbook represents an effort to select those points of style and usage upon which most of the best newspapers are agreed, and to bring them together in convenient for for the use of journalists at work… Read more about this item

Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1963. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 236 pages, story telling is coming back in vogue and here is a pretty indepth primer for a good story telling method. Dust jacket very gently worn..

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages, small tear on cover of dust jaket, mildly soiled. Foxing to end pages..

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1901. Book. Good. Leather Backstrip. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 420 pages, backstrip missing..

New York: Harper & Bros., 1882. Book. Very Good. Green Buckram. Early Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 564 pages, in six parts: Perspicuity in Style, Persuasiveness in Style, Harmony in Style, Method, The Emotions, The General Departments of Literature, mild rubbing and staining to the green boards..

New York: D. Appleton, 1930. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 110 pages, dust jacket is in pieces with some of it missing, book is solid and clean. No 1 on last page so probably not a first, although there usually is indication of printing number 2, 3, etc on the end page with d.… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1897. Book. Very Good. Salmon Cloth. First Ed.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 160 pages, mild stains and wear to board..

Indianapolis: Maxwell Droke, 1941. Book. Very Good. Red Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1257 pages, very minor stains to end pages..

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1952. Book. Very Good. Red Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 207 pages, dust jacket has many tears..