The English language

Trace the journey of our mother tongue from its ancient origins to its modern global reach. This collection features rare works on Old and Middle English, vintage guides to "proper" Queen’s English, and out-of-print studies on the quirky evolution of idioms and slang through the centuries.

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Martin Chuzzlewit

Dickens, Charles

1966

$12.00

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The Joy of Cliches A Complete User's Guide

Rees, Nigel

1984 (Reprint)

$15.00

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Oscariana The Wit and Maxims of Oscar Wilde

Calloway, Stephen and Colvin, David (Compilers)

1997

$10.00

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A Dictionary of Modern English Usuage

Fowler, H.W

1957 (Reprint)

$18.00

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Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English

Biber, D. et al

1999 (Second Imp.)

$95.00

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In a Free State

Naipaul, V.S

1971 First Edition ( November 2nd Impression)

$275.00

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The Meaning of Everything

Winchester, Simon

2003 (Reprint)

$20.00

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Something Fishy

Wodehouse, P.G

1957 (First Edition)

$32.00

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It's Raining Cats and Dogs

Anon

1990

$10.00

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Service With A Smile

Wodehouse, P.G

1962 (First Edition)

$75.00

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The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English

Moore, Bruce (Editor)

1997 (3rd Edition)

$20.00

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The English Language (Reprint)

Smith, Logan Pearsall

1942 (Reprint)

$20.00

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Early Middle English Verse and Prose

Bennett, J.A.W and Smithers, G.V (Editors)

1974 (Reprint)

$45.00

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Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Primer

Davis, Norman (Ed)

1970 (ninth Edition)

$18.00

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Picturesque Word Origins From Webster's New International Dictionary

Websters

2011 (Facsimile Edition)

$35.00

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The Complete University Word Hunter

Gause, John T

1967 (Apollo Edition)

$18.00

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A Dictionary of Nicknames

Franklyn, Julian

1962 (First Edition)

$15.00

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Valsalva's Maneuver Mots Justes and Indispensable Terms

Train, John

1989 (First Edition)

$15.00

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The English Language

Burchfield, Robert

1985 (First Edition)

$18.00

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Words, Words, Words

O'Neill, Mary

1967 (First UK Edition)

$15.00

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Quote...Unquote

Rees, Nigel

1978 (Reprint)

$20.00

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Your Walrus Hurt The One I Love

Norman, Philip

1985 (First Edition)

$15.00

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Awake to English Book Two

Taylor, Boswell

1965

$18.00

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Braude's Handbook of Stories for Toastmasters and Speakers

Braude, Jacob M

1957

$18.00