Language & Reference

Our Language and Reference department is a testament to the evolution of human communication. Here, you will find rare linguistic treatises, antique etiquette for speech, and out-of-print scholarly works that trace the roots of our modern tongues. These volumes serve as essential tools for the academic and the lover of words.

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Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas

Parkinson, Judy

2009 (Revised Edition)

$15.00

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Let's Collect Wedgwood Ware

Buten, David

1981

$25.00

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From Mother Goose to Dr. Seuss- Children's Book Covers 1860-1960

Darling, Harold

1999 (First Edition)

$35.00

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A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method

Fletcher, Sir Bannister

1948 (14th Edition)

$55.00

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For Commonplace Days

J. E. (Compiled by)

Unknown

$15.00

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The Older the Fiddle the Sweeter the Tune: and Other Irish Proverbs

Bailey, Karen

1988

$8.00

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75 Years of Children's Book Week Posters

Marcus, Leonard S

1994 (First Edition)

$35.00

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Once Upon a Time - The Fairy -Tale World Of Arthur Rackham

Darrell, Margery (Compiler)

1972 (First Edition)

$45.00

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The Annotated Alice- The Definitive Edition Lewis Carroll

Notes by Martin Gardner

2000

$38.00

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Matisse, The Master: A Life of Henri Matisse Volume Two, 1909-1954

Spurling, Hilary

2005 (First Edition)

$38.00

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Degas Pastels

Sutherland Boggs, Jean and Maheux, Anne

1992 (First Edition)

$55.00

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Cezanne by himself

Kendall Richard (Editor)

2000 (Fourth Edition)

$45.00

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The Oresteia

Aeschylus

1979 (Reprint)

$15.00

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Degas By Himself - Drawings, Prints, Paintings, Writings

Kendall, Richard (Editor)

2000

$45.00

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Bibliography Of New South Wales Local History and New South Wales Directories 1828-1950: A Bibliography

Eslick, Christine; Hughes, Joy and Jack, R.Ian

1987(First Edition)

$35.00

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Jane's Fighting Ships 1977-78

Captain John Moore (editor)

1977

$95.00

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Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English

Biber, D. et al

1999 (Second Imp.)

$95.00

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and Smith, Bernard. - Terra Australis The Furthest Shore

Eisler, William

1988

$35.00

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Mapping Our World Terra Incognita to Australia

Cartography

2014 (Reprint)

$125.00

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The Classics- All You Need to Know from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome

Taggart, Caroline

2010 (First Edition)

$15.00

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Outline of A General Theory of Linguistics Prolegomena to Comparative Description of Non-Masoretic Hebrew Dialects and Traditions with Pintupi - Statistical and Comparative Survey of an Australian Western Desert Language

Murtonen, A

1969

$55.00

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Map Makers

Cottler, Joseph and Jaffe, Haym

1938 (First Edition)

$58.00

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Maps and Map-Makers

Tooley, R.V

1982 (Reprint)

$45.00

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In a Free State

Naipaul, V.S

1971 First Edition ( November 2nd Impression)

$275.00