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Alfred A. Knopf. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Writing inside. (writing style vocabulary)
Plain Words; A Guide To The Use Of English by Sir Ernest Gowers - 1948
by Sir Ernest Gowers
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Plain Words; A Guide To The Use Of English
by Sir Ernest Gowers
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His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. Reprint. 94 pages. No dust jacket. Cream cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine and board edges.
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by Gowers, Sir Ernest
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Plain Words: A Guide to the Use of English
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Herts, United Kingdom
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His Majesty's Staionery Office, 1950. Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 94pp. Some creasing to corners and a little soiled..
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Plain Words: Their ABC
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OCEANSIDE, California, United States
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Knopf. Very Good/Very Good. 1954. Hard Cover. (M282) .
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Alfred A. Knopf. Good/Good. 1968. Hard Cover. (M24) .
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Plain Words: A Guide to the Use of Englis
by Sir Ernest Gowers
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His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1951. Reprinted. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Water staining to jacket and to its reverse.
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Plain Words; A Guide To The Use Of English
by Sir Ernest Gowers
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London, London, United Kingdom
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His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. His Majesty's Stationery Office 1948, reprint. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings.
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Plain Words
by GOWERS, Sir Ernest (1880-1966)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. [Official English] Second Impression. Octavo pamphlet (21 x 14cm), pp.vi; 94. Publisher's typographic paper covers, priced at 2s. A nice, crisp copy, showing an ink ownership to the to right corner of the front cover, and even toning to covers. Near fine. The classic style guide, originally drafted to provide instructions on the correct use of English for the Civil Service.
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Plain Words: Their ABC
by Sir Ernest Gowers
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7.5in. viii. 298pp. Publisher's paper-covered boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows very marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, a hint of even toning along the boards, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal toning, slight shelf rubbing along the edges, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
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Plain Words: A Guide to the use of English
by Gowers, Sir Ernest
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Saint Just-en-Chevalet, France
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London: His Majestys Stationary Office, 1948. Paperback. Very Good. This is concerned particularly with the language of officials, not just civil servants but members of the Navy, Army and Airforce, Local Government officials and the staff of public bodies such as the railways. Signed by the author inscribed to a personal friend. Slight creasing and curling on front bottom corner. A little shelf wear. AB6
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