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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
by BAKER, Sidney J
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Currawong Publishing Co, 1966. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney, Currawong Publishing Co., 1966 (revised second edition)/ 1945. Octavo, xiv, 517 pages with a few illustrations. Cloth; edges a little flecked; endpapers a little faded; a very good copy with the price-clipped dustwrapper slightly nibbled and rubbed.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130742
- Title
- 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
- Author
- BAKER, Sidney J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Currawong Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1966
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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