The Beginning of Words How English Grew
by Pickles, Colin and Laurence Meynell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Anthony Blond. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1970. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's white cloth with color illustration, black lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with color drawings by Don Heywood. . Two pages have smudges on the edges, not affecting the text or the illustration, slight age-toning to top edges of covers, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Not ex-lib. Unclipped dust jacket has two tiny tears on the front panel, near the flap, light soiling to rear panel, and light curling to upper and lower edges of front panel. VERY GOOD+/ VERY GOOD-. . Color drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 48 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22410
- Title
- The Beginning of Words How English Grew
- Author
- Pickles, Colin and Laurence Meynell
- Illustrator
- Don Heywood
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Anthony Blond
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Education, English, Language
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Good+
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.