2008, ISBN: 9780226122014

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Markus Wiener Publishers, 1993-01-01. Paperback. Good., Markus Wiener Publishers, 1993-01-01, 2.5, Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. 671 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt … Mehr…

Markus Wiener Publishers, 1993-01-01. Paperback. Good., Markus Wiener Publishers, 1993-01-01, 2.5, Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. 671 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning., Collins, 1949, 2.5, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. Black boards with gold lettering on spine; dj not price clipped and protected with Brodart cover; remained mark on bottom. "It's the fire searon, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. When police and fire department personnel rush door to door in a frenzied evacuation effort, they discover the week-old corpse of an apparent suicide. But the gunshot victim is less gruesome than what they find in his lap: a photo album of seven brutally murdered young women -- one per year, for seven years. And when the suicide victim is identified as a former suspect in one of the murders, the news turns Elvis Cole's world upside down." -- from the dj. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Simon & Schuster, 2008, 3, University of Chicago Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First edition. Faint odor of smoke. Jacket spine head and spine base bumped. Pages lightly toned. 2000 Hard Cover. xi, 580 pp. "From Homer ("winged words") to Robert Burns ("Beware a tongue that's smoothly hung") to Rudyard Kipling ("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind"), writers from all over the world have put pen to paper on the inexhaustible topic of language. Yet surprisingly, their writings on the subject have never been gathered in a single volume. In Words on Words, David and Hilary Crystal have collected nearly 5,000 quotations about language and all its intriguing aspects: speaking, reading, writing, translation, verbosity, usage, slang, and more. As the stock-in-trade of so many professions—orators, media personalities, writers, and countless others—language's appeal as a subject is extraordinarily relevant and wide-ranging. The quotations are grouped thematically under 65 different headings, from "The Nature of Language" through the "Language of Politics" to "Quoting and Misquoting." This arrangement enables the reader to explore a topic through a variety of lenses, ancient and modern, domestic and foreign, scientific and casual, ironic and playful. Three thorough indexes—to authors, sources, and key words—provide different entry points into the collection. A valuable resource for professional writers and scholars, Words on Words is for anyone who loves language and all things linguistic., University of Chicago Press, 2000, 2.5<

2000, ISBN: 9780226122014

University of Chicago Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 100x32x152. First edition. Faint odor of smoke. Jacket spine head and spine base bumped. Pages lightly toned. 20… Mehr…

University of Chicago Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 100x32x152. First edition. Faint odor of smoke. Jacket spine head and spine base bumped. Pages lightly toned. 2000 Hard Cover. xi, 580 pp. "From Homer ("winged words") to Robert Burns ("Beware a tongue that's smoothly hung") to Rudyard Kipling ("Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind"), writers from all over the world have put pen to paper on the inexhaustible topic of language. Yet surprisingly, their writings on the subject have never been gathered in a single volume. In Words on Words, David and Hilary Crystal have collected nearly 5,000 quotations about language and all its intriguing aspects: speaking, reading, writing, translation, verbosity, usage, slang, and more. As the stock-in-trade of so many professions—orators, media personalities, writers, and countless others—language's appeal as a subject is extraordinarily relevant and wide-ranging. The quotations are grouped thematically under 65 different headings, from "The Nature of Language" through the "Language of Politics" to "Quoting and Misquoting." This arrangement enables the reader to explore a topic through a variety of lenses, ancient and modern, domestic and foreign, scientific and casual, ironic and playful. Three thorough indexes—to authors, sources, and key words—provide different entry points into the collection. A valuable resource for professional writers and scholars, Words on Words is for anyone who loves language and all things linguistic., University of Chicago Press, 2000, 2.5<

2000, ISBN: 0226122018

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780226122014], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: University of Chicago Press], QUOTATIONS* E, Jacket, 9.6 X 6.4 X 2.1 inches; 587 pages, Books

2001, ISBN: 9780226122014

Hardcover, ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL., Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: University of Chicago Press]