A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage
by Fowler, H W
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), by Henry W. Fowler, is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing. Ranging from plurals and literary technique to the distinctions among like words (homonyms, synonyms, etc. ), to foreign-term use, it became the standard for most style guides that followed — thus, the 1926 first edition remains in print despite the existence of the 1965 second edition, and the 1996 and 2004 printings of the third edition.
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (First Edition)
by Fowler, H.W. [Henry Watson]
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- 1926
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Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926.
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by Fowler, H. W.
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London: Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1926. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt with boards ruled in blind; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very Good or better with light rubbing to cloth and wear at corners and spine ends, endsheets foxed and hinges there slightly exposed, pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
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London: Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1926. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt with boards ruled in blind. Very Good. Cloth streaked in raking light, lightly rubbed at extremities. Light staining to textblock edge. Previous owner gift inscription to front free endpaper and browning to front… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by Fowler, H. W.
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A DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGE
by Fowler, H. W.
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- 1927
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The Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First American Edition. Hardcover. ; Published by The Clarendon Press, 1927 with statement: "This edition has been prepared especially for G. P. Putnam's Sons New York." Black flexible faux leather cover has wear to extremities but clean and overall in very good- condition. Boards and spine are… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by Fowler, H. W.
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
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London: Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1926. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in near-contemporary half-leather over cloth, recently rebacked. Very Good. Several small edge tears to pages, light foxing to prelims and terminals, light worming to textblock edge. A style guide to British English usage, pronunciation and writing, colloquially referred to as Fowler's Usage,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by H.W. Fowler
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Oxford University Press, 1965. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. no signs of cover wear, clean glossy, pages clean, bright and unmarked, spine tight, very tiny tears to dj spine top and bottomListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by FOWLER, H.W.
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- 1944
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(New York): Oxford University Press, 1944. Hardcover. Good/Good. Reprint. Thick octavo. viii, 742pp. Contemporary owner name on front fly, dampstain on spine and rear cloth board, good only in a good only age-toned and dampstained dust jacket with extremities chipped and torn. Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by Fowler, H. W.
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by Fowler, H. W.
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by Fowler, H. W
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by H.W. Fowler
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Oxford : At the Clarendon Press, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. Reprinted. 725 pages. No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding is slightly shaky , however pages remain attached. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by H. W. Fowler
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Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. Reprinted. 742 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Markings to some pages. Previous owner's inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by H.W. Fowler
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Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good. 1968. Reprint. 725 pages. No dust jacket. Black leather imitation. Pages remain bright and clear, with mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Binding is firm. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Moderate rubbing and scuffing overall, with some visible marks also. Boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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A DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGE
by Fowler, H. W.
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- 1965
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Oxford University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Second Edition. Hardcover. E--Wear to blue cloth covers. Wear to DJ with small chips/tears at corners, along edges and at spine ends. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. . Item Price
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by H. W. Fowler
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- 2009
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2009. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage
by Fowler, H W
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- 1961
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Oxford University Press, 1961. corrected reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. viii+742pp, cloth a little worn, endpapers yellowed, a near fine copy. Dictionary of correct word usage and of common liguistic errors. Item Price
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