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The Collection Journalism, Reviews, Essays, Short Stories, Lectures
Ackroyd, Peter Chatto & Windus Ltd 2001 London, England First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
465 page. Grey-cloth cover, minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Tight binding. " . an anthology . revealing and fascinating . ideas and preoccupations . with the exception of five pieces, none of the writing contained in this volume has ever been collected . previously unpublished material." 000210
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Stil Not Sorry
Bolt, Andrew News Custom Publishing 2005 Victoria, Australia First Edition 1921116021 / 9781921116025 Soft Cover Good Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
254 pages. Illustrated, card cover, some edge-wear, crease to bottom half of front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Tight binding. "The 'stolen generations' - fact or dangerous myth? - Global warming - hell or overheated hype? Few writers dare even ask such questions. Andrew Bolt is Australia's most talked-about columnist for not only asking, but for telling you the controversial truth." 002106
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A History of The English-speaking Peoples - Volume I; The Birth of Britain
Churchill, Winston S. Cassell Ltd 1980 London, England 0304916471 / 9780304916474 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
416 pages. Maroon-cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, 1 inch closed tear to top front edge, minor stretching, small closed tears and minor edge-wear, Slight foxing marks to front closed page edges, otherwise pages clean, straight & umarked. Strong, intact binding. "The English-speaking peoples comprise the greatest number of human beings sharing a common language in the world today - or perhaps at any time in history . share not only a common heritage; with small local differences they share also a common way of life . never have the political and diplomatic decisions of the past been considered by a writer who, all his life, had to make decisions of the same character and of the same magnitude. That alone must make this history unique." 000590
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The Rise and Fall of Languages
Dixon, R. M. W. Cambridge University Press 1997 United Kingdom First Edition 0521626544 / 9780521626545 Soft Cover Very Good Issued Without Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
169 pages. Illustrated, card cover, light edge-wear, front cover does not sit flat on pages, small crease to bottom corner, very light rubbing marks. Small crease to bottom edge of one page, small, clear water spot to rear fly-leaf, small spot to front closed page edge, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". offers a penetrating new look at a number of interrelated and hotly debated theoretical issues in comparative-historical linguistics . reexamines such notions as the constancy of the rate of linguistic change, the rigid dichotomy between genetic and contact relationship, and the simplistic family tree model of linguistic diversification." 001477
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A Day in the Life of Australia; Great Australian News Stories from the Past
Dunstan, Keith The MacMillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd 1989 Melbourne, Australia First Edition 0732901855 / 9780732901851 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
279 pages, b/w illustrations thr/out. Blue cloth cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, very minor edge-wear. Some very light marks to top closed page edge otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "Burke and Wills Perish but Archer Wins the Cup, Gaslight for Hobart, Farewell to Dame Nellie Melba, Victoria Ablaze, Japanese Bomb Darwin, Last Ride for Captain Moonlite, Landy Runs Four-minute Mile, Squizzy Taylor is Dead, Women Revel in the Right to Vote - These are just some of the stirring events that made the news over the past two hundred years. Day by day, Keith Dunstan recreated sensational stories from our history in his 1988 Age column . a fascinating series of glimpses into an Australia that is gone for ever - a brilliant kaleidoscope of great moments as they would have appeared to those alive at the time. Contemporary illustrations add a lively and authentic touch . the news of yesteryear makes great reading today." 001526
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Foreign Devil; Thirty Years of Reporting in the Far East
Hughes, Richard Andre Deutsch Limited 1972 London, England First Edition 0233963529 / 9780233963525 Hard Cover Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
320 pages. Orange-cloth cover, some edge-wear. Illustrated, clipped jacket, edge-wear, smalled closed tears, price sticker mark to inside flap, slight age browning to edges. Ex-owner's name to front fly-leaf, otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". made up of 'anecdotes and presumptions, excuses and reflections spread over thirty years of great events.' Among his reports on China in this book are a first-hand account of crime and punishment under Chairman Mao, an examination of the adaptation of classical Chinese opera to the needs of political propaganda, and some splendid vignettes revealing the human foibles behind the party line." 000744
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Lost for Words The Mangling and Manipulating of the English Language
Humphrys, John Hodder & Stoughton Limited 2004 Great Britain 034083658X / 9780340836583 Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
334 page. Red-cloth cover, minor edge-wear, some denting to corners, otherwise clean & straight. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear, small rubbing on front fold, slight peeling on top edge. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "From tired old cliches to meaningless jargon, neglected rules of grammar to empty slogans, the English language is being abused in many quarters . pokes fun at the many ways people mangle our language. . raises serious issues about people in power who use words to manipulate us." 000206
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Sea Jargon; a Dictionary of the Unwritten language of the Sea
Lind, Lew Kangaroo Press 1982 NSW Australia First Edition 0949924229 / 9780949924223 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
160 pages, b/w photos thr/out. Green cover, very minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear, light discolouring to inside edges. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". is the first dictionary of the language of the sea in all its glory, vulgarity and humour . has collected the words and phrases used by seamen both past and present: ditties sung for pleasure and the sea shanty work songs, songs written around the paddle wheel steamers of the freshwater rivers and ribald songs for off duty relaxation. This book shows how much the language of the sea has influenced our everyday speech, and how difficult it often is to tell which came first." 001129
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Steps in Speech Training; Step 4
McAllister, Anne H. University of London Press Ltd. 1956 London Fifth Impression Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Tebbutt, Joan Rix
64 page, pamphlet style book, b/w illustrations thr/out. Illustrated, card cover, very minor edge wear. A few small spots of foxing to edges of pages, otherwise pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. 001353
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In Other Words a Language Lover's Guide to the Most Useful and Intriguing Words From Around the World.
Moore, C. J. Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd 2004 NSW Australia First Thus 1741144817 / 9781741144819 Hard Cover Very Good Good & Unifold Pro Sleeving 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
127 page. Blue-cloth cover, slight edge-wear. Illustrated, matt, unclipped jacket, several small marks, small liquid mark on back otherwise clean & straight. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. "Take a trip around the world in words and unlock the meaning of some of the most insightful, intriguing and satisfying expressions on the planet, for which there are no English equivalents . defines so-called 'untranslatables', opening a window into the culture of each languarge, explaining words and phrases that in literal terms may boggle the mind." 000204
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Novels and Novelists; A Guide to the World of Fiction
Seymour-Smith, Martin (ed) Windward 1980 London, England First British Edition 0711200157 / 9780711200159 Hard Cover Very Good Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
288 page, b/w & colour illustrated. Brown-board cover, minor edge/corner wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, some edge-wear, slight stretching to edges, 1 closed tear to bottom edge. Small marks to first few pages, few small marks to closed page edges otherwise pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. " . the first attempt to chart the whole world of fiction, from high literature to pure entertainment, and to explore every aspect of the reading, writing and publication of novels. Above all it is a book intended to help readers explore the enormous range of fiction available to them in bookshops and libraries, and to shed light on the history and creation of novels in general." 000527
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Choosing Your Mark; A Guide to Good Expression and Punctuation
Stern, George Dr AGPS Press 1997 Canberra, ACT, Australia Reprint 0644426632 / 9780644426633 Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
46 pages. Illustrated card cover, very light edge-wear. Pages are clean, straight & unmarked. Book is like new. Strong, intact binding. "This concise and handy reference work will prove useful for people writing in an office, at school or at home. There are clear explanations of all relevant points of grammar, together with hundreds of illustrative examples, many of them taken from real texts." 001396
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The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature; Second Edition
Wilde, Hooton, Andrews Oxford University Press 2000 Melbourne, Australia 019553381X / 9780195533811 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
833 pages. Black-cloth cover, minor edge-wear. Illustrated, unclipped jacket, minor edge-wear, very slight stretching to edges. Pages clean, straight & unmarked. Strong, intact binding. ". offers a comprehensive account of Australian writing from European settlement in 1788 to the 1990s. It presents the most important achievements in the major fields of fiction, poetry and drama, but considerable attention is also paid to non-fictional prose in journals, diaries, biographies and autobiographies, and to the impact of key historical events on Australian literature." 000812
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