Search Results: the lore and language of schoolchildren by iona and peter

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1960. 2nd printing. Hardcover. G+/dj F+ with small tears and chips missing, intact, in brodart.. 9 1/2 x 6 3/8. Dark blue cloth w/ gilt lettering on spine. Prev owner's name & minimal writing on ffep & rpdep, occasional marginalia at chapter endings, otherwise clean & solid.

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1961. Reprint. 417 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards. Mottling overall.

Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1961. Reprinted Third Impression. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. Third Impression. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over navy cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear, with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light surface wear, with small tears and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners. Moderate sunning to spine, with a water stain to front flap corner.

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Reprinted. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Light thumb marking and tanning to otherwise clear pages, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. No edition remarks. 417 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild water stains and droplets to front board. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild foxing. Mild sunning to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.

Clarendon Press, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. Reprinted. 417 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Heavier tanning to text block edges. front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Tape repairs.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1960. Reprint. Very Good +/very good +. Based on information collected from 5,000 children in England, Scotland and Wales, this volume is a disclosure of the lore and language natural to the modern schoolchild when out of school. It is a record of his strange and primitive culture, including seasonal customs, initiation rites, superstitious practices and beliefs, innumerable rhymes and chants, catcalls and retorts, stock jokes, ruderies, riddles, slang-epithets, nicknames and the traditional juvenile argot which continues to flourish in the street and playground largely unknown and certainly unheeded by the adult world. This study is the first full survey of its subject to have been made. The historical annotation tghroughout the work reveals that many of the formulas children use today are the same as they have been for generations; and the comparative lore which has been assembled from other countries, particularly the United States, establishes that much of the… Read More

London, ON, Canada: Oxford University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages clean. Dust jacket has heavy wear, tears chips present, sun fading on spine, price clipped. Picture available upon request.

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Reprint. 417 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Clean pages with mild foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Notable stain to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate sunning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.

London: Oxford University Press, 1960. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). 11 maps. xviii + 417pp., 8vo, cloth, lightly edgeworn d.w. London: Oxford University Press, (1976). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1960. Hardcover. xix, 417p., second printing after the '59 first issue, hardbound in 0UP's inspired black cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the pictorial dust jacket. An excellent copy, with a couple flaws: firstly, a gap-line standing between title page and frontis (a line map); this gap is about one sixteenth of an inch wide with a hint of fabric showing, casing remains soundly holding the textblock, nothing at risk, aesthetic damage. Secondly, a not particularly winsome ownership w/address on front free endpaper. Thirdly, the (unclipped) dust jacket is mildly rubbed and edgeworn. All in all, a good to very good exemplar of a handsome book, with delightful content.

Oxford at the Clarenden Press, 1961, 3rd impression, xviii,417pp, xi ditribution maps, octavo, d.j., fine condition except d.j. a little chipped and worn. Based on collecting over eight years from five thousand children the language of c hildren out of school..

Oxford University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. the jacket is shelf rubbed and a little chipped. some usage markings. all pages are intact and presentable. sound binding. may require extra postage. reprint. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Oxford, 1960. Third printing. 8vo, pp. xviii, 417. Indices. Maps. Cover slightly scuffed and spotted, o/w a nice copy.

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1961. 3rd Impression. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 8x6x1. This book does include a jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Oxford University. Good. 1973. Soft Cover. (N202) .

Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. 417 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 417, [1]pp. Scuffing on the boards else about very good in modestly rubbed very good dustwrapper.

Oxford University Press 1987. Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.