Search Results: Slang

Spectacle Lane Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. Paperback. 0969645430 . Nearly new except for minor cover wear; SIGNED by author. This copy 1992, Pigwidgeon Press, ; 223 pages; Signed by Author .

Penguin Books, Ringwood, Victoria, 1982. First Edition. Softcover (Illustrated). Good Condition. Illustrator: Victoria Roberts. Acknowledgements and introduction by author. The text is illustrated with black-and-white cartoons by Victoria Roberts. Colour illustrated paperback binding, again by Victoria Roberts with black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. "Australian families can 'talk till the cows come home'. Nancy Keesing has collected examples of hilarious and down-to-earth expressions of women and their families from all over Australia." – from rear panel blurb. A collection of domestic and family slang from Australia – a long neglected study in linguistics. And the title of the book?, Comes from if a woman makes an assignation to meet somebody and they don't turn up – they feel stranded and unappreciated, just like a lily on the dustbin! Minor creasing of the book corners… Read More

Penguin Books, Ringwood, Victoria, 1982. Reprint. Softcover (Illustrated). Good Condition. Illustrator: Victoria Roberts. Acknowledgements and introduction by author. The text is illustrated with black-and-white cartoons by Victoria Roberts. Colour illustrated paperback binding, again by Victoria Roberts with black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. "Australian families can 'talk till the cows come home'. Nancy Keesing has collected examples of hilarious and down-to-earth expressions of women and their families from all over Australia." – from rear panel blurb. A collection of domestic and family slang from Australia – a long neglected study in linguistics. Creasing of the book corners and curling of the front panel. The lower right-hand corner of the text has dog gearing to the lower right-hand corner of the book to page 8. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Fading to the backstrip.… Read More

Nanjing: Jiangsu jiao yu chu ban she, 1995. 2, 30, 387p., very good hardcover in lightly shelfworn dj. Dictionary of the local dialect of the Danyang area in southern Jiangsu. Part of a series edited by Li Rong.

Nanjing: Jiangsu jiao yu chu ban she, 1997. 2, 31, 445p., very good hardcover in lightly shelfworn dj. Dictionary of the local dialect of the Wanrong area in Shanxi. Part of a series edited by Li Rong.

Nanjing: Jiangsu jiao yu chu ban she, 1995. 310p., very good hardcover in lightly shelfworn dj. Dictionary of the local dialect of the Lichuan area in Eastern Jiangxi. Part of a series edited by Li Rong.

Sydney: Sydney University Press. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 370 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

7 pics-unread book from closed store; NO remainder marks; clean & shiny w/some wear to corners; spine uncreased; binding tight; pages pristine; no marks or tears

Melbourne: Currey O'Neil. 1983. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owners name [blind-stamp] to prelims. 525 pages. The historic work on the origins of Australian and New Zealand words, with 10,000 names, definitions and quotations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

Sydney: Cassell Australia. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 303 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: Bibliophile Books. 1984. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Unabridged from the original 1811 edition and with a foreword by Max Harris. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. . Facsimile Edition. Hardback.

Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. Good+ exlib copies with the usual markings, boards rubbed, leaves clean and unmarked. No dust jackets.. xvi, 1946. Sm. 4to. An important work.