The Australian Language: An Examination of the English Language and English Speech as Used in Australia ... by Baker, Sidney J - 1966

Currawong Publishing Co, 1966. HARDCOVER. G+ / G+. 0x0x0. GOOD-PLUS HARDBACK-WITH-DUSTJACKET. EX-LIBRARY WITH TYPICAL MARKINGS

Sydney: Currawong. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Second Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt; with sprinkled foxing top edge, fading to endpapers at extremities. Dust jacket with light wear at corners, foxing & tanning inside rim of flaps, in protective mylar wrap.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

Sun Books, Melbourne, 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. preface by author, list of words and phrases and index. Colour illustrated front cover with white, red and black titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. A book examining the Australian use of English that was first published in 1945. The book was revised in 1966, taking in more of the newer Australian idiom. A little creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the edges, panels and either side of the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Some marks to the front panel and there is a reading crease to the back strip. Size: Standard Paperback. XVI, 518 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Australia; ISBN: 0725101032. ISBN/EAN: 9780725101039. Inventory No: 0289679. . 9780725101039

Currawong Publishing Co. Used - Good.

Sydney & London: Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1945. HB. Orange cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 425 pp. "An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia...". Spine sunned, number on lower spine, card pocket at rear. From the W. A. Sumner Collection. Appears to have been in a private library. No marks in book. The second printing, with the revised page 295-96 tipped in. Book condition VG-.

Australia bsal Baker, Sidney J. The Australian Language: An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom and its use by Australian writers. Second edition. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966, xiv, 517 pages, illus. (The first edition had xii, 425 pages). This enlarged edition is in good to good plus condition, in dust jacket. Inscribed by Baker on front free endpaper. $25.00 Box 7171

Sun Books, Melbourne, 1966. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 450 g.; XVI, 518 pages, preface by author, list of words and phrases and index. Colour illustrated front cover with white, red and black titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. Previous owner details at the top right-hand corner of the half title page.. A book examining the Australian use of English that was first published in 1945. The book was revised in 1966 Size: Standard Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Australiana; Inventory No: 0285388. .

Sydney; Angus And Robertson; 1945.. First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 425; 7 b/w plates, list of words and phrases, index, bound in original brown cloth, dustjacket chipped on edges, flecking to page edges, good copy.

Currawong 1966. Lacks d/w. Super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Sydney: Angus And Robertson. Good with no dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Minor damps stains to margins of some leaves. Some staining and marking to boards. ; xii, [2], 425 pages + plates. Orange cloth boards. Page dimensions: 215mm x 132mm. Title continues, "An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom and its use by Australian writers." ; 8vo .