Search Results: Language from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

1948 hardcover as pictured. The second and revised edition of an early attempt to outline the development of writing from the earliest civilizations to the present. This is a scholarly, extensively referenced volume with detailed index and many illustrations. Binding intact. Red cloth boards with gold stamping show only light shelf wear. Endpapers and text are lightly tanned but appear otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket with many small tears and chips. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1889 quarter bound hardcover as pictured. This is a dictionary of Parisienne slang with definitions in English, a must for genre writers and readers of old French fiction. Binding is firm. Olive and tan boards with gold stamping are soiled and spotted with fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Owner's bookplate on FEP. Endpapers mottled. Text is tanned at edges but otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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2013 packet of Course Materials For Spanish 2 as pictured. These are unbound pages meant for a three hole binder. The packet is as new in shrink wrap. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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1974 two volume set as pictured. A vast collation of British colloquialisms, catch phrases, solecisms and vulgarisms. Bindings are firm. Blue boards with gold stamping are lightly soiled with slight edge wear. Edges of text blocks lightly tanned. Texts are clean and unmarked. Dust jackets are rubbed with a few small tears along edges. Price includes extra shipping costs due to weight. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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1956 hardcover as pictured. An extensive encyclopedia of the roots and origins of English place names. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is firm. Indigo cloth boards with gold stamping show moderate wear. Text is age tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1937 hardcover as pictured. This is a very nice volume, of interest more for its design and production than for content. The binding, with head and tail bands, is firm. Maroon deeply embossed boards with gold stamping on front and spine show light edge wear and gently bumped lower corners. Maroon endpapers. Text block with gilt top edge and thumb index. Text is age tanned. Page 475 has a small tear. No dust jacket. A handsome addition to any bookshelf. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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