Essential Wisdom of the World's Greatest Thinkers
STERLING, January 2016. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
STERLING, January 2016. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Alpha Editions, June 2020. Trade Paperback. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as.....
Penguin Books, November 1993. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. An "exaltation of larks"? Yes! And a "leap of leopards, " a "parliament of owls, " an "ostentation of peacocks, " a "smack of jellyfish, " and a "murder of crows"! For those who have ever wondered if the familiar.....
Walker Books, 2009. Hardcover. Second printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers--those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. The Lexicographer's Dilemma offers the first narrative history of these endeavors and shows.....
The Inter Ocean Publishing Company, 1881-1886. Hardcover. Six consecutive volumes, each about 200 pages. A 'handbook of ready reference, a family library of useful knowledge, with information covering scientific, historical, political, literary, and other subjects' -- from the 1883 edition. Text printed in two columns per page. First editions, except.....
Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Hardcover.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Hardcover.
Merriam Webster Mass Market, June 1989. Trade Paperback. An alphabetical listing of words, with synonyms, antonyms, definitions, and examples, includes cross references from all the words listed in each expanded entry.
Merriam Webster, January 1995. Trade Paperback. An alphabetically organized, cross-referenced compilation of the etymologies of a sampling of frequently used English words.
Rare Bird Books, December 2016. Hardcover. In this elegant but pocketable edition, passionate bibliophile Michael Ross has curated 106 favorite literary quotes from the collection of over 1500 well-read books on his shelves--but this isn't your typical rehashing of Bartlett's quotations. Michael Ross brings together quotes on Time, Memory, Age.....
University Of Chicago Press, 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 301 pages. B/W illustrations. First paperback edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback). Writers know only too well how long it can take--and how awkward it can be--to describe spatial relationships with words alone. And while a......
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, November 2015. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Some light red markings on the front of the jacket. Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help.....
Lilliput Pr Ltd, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. A comprehensive reference work consisting of a series of mini-essays, informed by Latin and Greek and a deep knowledge of the humanities. This book tells you where words and concepts came from, examining the myth or history that clings.....
British Book Centre, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 140 pages. First American edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Dover Publications Inc., November 1970. Hardcover.
Oryx Press, October 1987. Trade Paperback.
Random House Reference, August 1996. Hardcover. "DESTINED TO TAKE ITS PLACE BESIDE THE THESAURUS AND THE DICTIONARY AS A CLASSIC." --L. A. Weekly The RANDOM HOUSE WEBSTER'S WORD MENU is a revolutionary reference that organizes language by subject matter, the way we understand and use it. More than a dictionary.....
West Coast Print Center, 1979. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated. 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. A type specimen with each font demonstrated with a paragraph from John Steinbeck. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its.....