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Oxford University Press, 1975-08-07. Hardcover. Good.

Oxford University Press 1975, 1975. First Edition. Very Good, dust jacket has small edge tears and creases.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Oxford University Press, 1975-08-07. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. Very good hardcover with good dust jacket. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Text, boards, and binding in very good condition. DJ is price-clipped and has mild to moderate shelfwear, a few small tears.

New York: Oxford University Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1975, ix, 411pp, index. The very bottom of the covers have been wet, causing some bleeding through to the inside of the dust jacket, none on the pages, else G+ in G+ dj. Paraphrased form the dj: The author apparently had a life long fascination with Man as Name Giver. He examines the reasons for naming places from a human dimension, rather than by territory, language or type of place. For example, he is interested in who gave a place a particular name and why. And he studies how the name may have changed and why. He views a name not merely as a linguistic relic but as the enduring evidence of some very human activity-its origin subject to investigation and in many cases actually recorded in some journal or logbook. A very interesting study, which encompasses the whole world of place-names..

New York: Oxford Univ. Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0195018958 . Spine has wrinkle the entire length. .

NY: Oxford University Press, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 411 pages. Blue pictorial cover. Blue boards with faded gilt title to spine. Overall, a clean, tight copy. A look at the names given to places, bodies of water etc. and as to why a certain name was given. Record # 384996

Oxford University Press, New York, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. index. Mustard coloured endpapers. Black coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. bumping to the backstrip corners and to the book corners. Minor rubbing to the book panels and light browning to the textblock edges. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with green and white coloured titles to the front panel and blue and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. A few tears to the top dustwrapper edge. Rubbing to the dustwrapper and a little fading to the backstrip. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. A look at the names given to places, bodies of water etc., and as to why a certain name was given. Size: 8vo - over… Read More

Oxford University Press, New York: 1975., 1975 pp. ix, 411. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. Hardbound. Very good. GENEALOGY 2 0.0. Hardcover.

Oxford University Press, 1975. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. VG-/G+ LIGHT EDGEWEAR. PAGES LIGHTLY TONING. Pages: 411. . 1975. HARDCOVER.. DJ LIGHTLY RUBBED & EDGEWORN, SMALL TEAR AT LOWER SPINE. ALL TEXT CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT. .

USA: OUP Oxford University Press, 1975. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG- DW.

Oxford Univ. Press, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Large, heavy book, shiny dark blue cloth with light small smudge at bottom front, dark yellow color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 411 pages. DJ glossy dark blue with green half-circle with blue and red dots at bottom front and spine middle, photo of author at top back. DJ has very slight wear to front tips, 1/4" tear but wide at spine top left edge, creases and light wear to spine top right and near bottom front right quadrant. Good+DJ/Very Fine book.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. First Edition. Signed by the author. Octavo, navy blue cloth (hardcover), ix, 411 pp. Near-Fine in dust jacket with mylar protector.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. First. A Hardback. V.Good Ex-ac Lib, Usual Marks/No Jacket.

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1975.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear on back cover of dj.). First printing. A fascinating discussion of the human dimension of place names - that is who gave a place a particular name, how has it changed over the years, and why has it changed. Divided into four parts: Man, the Namer, The Mind of the Namer, Namers at Work, Place-names as Sources of Knowledge - and within these parts, he examines the evidence of archeologists, poets, explorers, colonizers, folklorists and more. Considered by some to be Stewart's greatest and most significant work. Author's note, index. ix, 411 pp.

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1975.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A fascinating discussion of the human dimension of place names - that is who gave a place a particular name, how has it changed over the years, and why has it changed. Divided into four parts: Man, the Namer, The Mind of the Namer, Namers at Work, Place-names as Sources of Knowledge - and within these parts, he examines the evidence of archeologists, poets, explorers, colonizers, folklorists and more. Considered by some to be Stewart's greatest and most significant work. Author's note, index. ix, 411 pp.