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Sir William Angliss: An Intimate Biography (SIGNED)
$150.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Faded and chipped DJ with some loss. Names penned...
Sir William Angliss: An Intimate Biography (SIGNED)
$150.00 AUD
Author: Lady AnglissBinding: HardbackPublished: The author Melbourne, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionSir William Angliss: An Intimate Biography presents a compelling portrait of a titan of Australian...
Landscapes: 1955-1978 [signed]
$70.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Signed with inscriptionA definitive visual chronicle of the Australian terrain, J. Colin Angus’s Landscapes: 1955–1978 serves as a poignant retrospective of...
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Gerald Middleton, Professor Emeritus of early medieval history, is a taciturn and methodical man, a creature of habit who likes to have his daily routine undisturbed. Separated from his Swedish...
The Spirit Of English History
$20.00 AUD
Author: A. L. RowseBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Jonathan CapeA. L. Rowse's The Spirit Of English History presents a compelling...
English Art: 1307-1461
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. From the turbulent reign of Edward II...
English Journey
'The finest book ever written about England and the English' Stuart Maconie 'J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that...
The English Ideology: Studies In The Language Of Victorian Politics
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A rigorous work of intellectual and political history, The...
A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words,...
English Journey
$15.00 AUD
Author: J. B. PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, London, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded gilt lettering and pattern.A captivating...
The English Ideology: Studies In The Language Of Victorian Politics
$20.00 AUD
Author: George WatsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: tear on front of dust jacket, foxong on blockGeorge Watson's The...
The Angry Island: Hunting The English
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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markWhat does it truly mean to be English — and why is England so perpetually, magnificently furious? In The Angry Island: Hunting...
A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English
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Hammond Innes' East Anglia
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The book titled Hammond Innes' East Anglia by the author Hammond Innes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Mother Tongue: The English Language
Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue is a hymn to the English language. In examining how a second-rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe. Bryson explores English...
The English Languages
Hundreds of millions of people use English every day everywhere in the world, but may or may not succeed in understanding each other. Despite the success of its standard form...
A Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English (Two-Volume Set)
$80.00 AUD
Author: Eric PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two-volume lexicographical reference presents Eric Partridge’s authoritative catalogue of British and Commonwealth slang, cant,...
The British Drama; Comprehending The Best Plays In The English Language: Tragedies: Volume I, Part I & Part II: Comedies: Volume II, Part I & Part II
$350.00 AUD
Author: VariousBinding: HardbackPublished: William Miller, London, 1804, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings This collection features a comprehensive selection of the finest plays in...
Unlocking the English Language
At a time when many people fear that the English language is entering a period of serious decline, the author of this book takes a more optimistic view. He believes...
Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language
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The Life and Times of the English Language: The History of Our Marvellous Native Tongue
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Like Angels From A Cloud: The English Metaphysical Preachers 1588-1645
$45.00 AUD
Author: Horton DaviesBinding: HardbackPublished: Huntington Library, San Marino, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines English metaphysical preachers during the period of 1588-1645. It provides insights...
The English Gentleman
$110.00 AUD
Author: Simon RavenBinding: HardbackPublished: Anthony Blond., 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight chips to DJ, foxed edges, previous owner's writing...
The Golden Treasury Of The Best Songs And Lyrical Poems In The English Language
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Few anthologies have shaped the English literary canon as profoundly as The Golden...
A History Of English Literature: The Middle Ages And The Renaissance (650-1660) / Modern Times (1660-1963)
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of literary scholarship, A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the...
Shanghailanders: Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025
Longlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction * Time 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 * The New York Times Editors' Choice "I think love is when...
Written For Children: An Outline Of English-Language Children's Literature
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Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsA landmark work of literary criticism and history, Written for Children presents a sweeping survey...
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections From The 1755 Work That Defined The English Language
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — interior title page visible. Page Condition: Slight yellowing/tanning consistent with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. A landmark in...
Shanghailanders: Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025
Longlisted for the 2025 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION * TIME 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 * THE NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice * PEOPLE 10 Best Debut...
Shanghailanders: Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025
Longlisted for the 2025 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION * TIME 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 * THE NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice * PEOPLE 10 Best Debut...
The World Of Words: An Introduction To Language In General And To English And American In Particular
$20.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd ed., revisedCondition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Binding intact but worn. Fold-out chart intact. Language is...
The New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary Of The English Language
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedA cornerstone of home libraries and scholarly studies alike, The New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary of The English Language stands...
The Cankered Muse: Satire Of The English Renaissance
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the turbulent literary world of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, satire was not a gentle art — it was a...
Great British Writers: An Illustrated Companion To The Lives And Works Of The Most Celebrated English Language Novelists
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Author: VariousBinding: HardbackPublished: Golden Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the lives and literary contributions of England's...
The Story of English: How the English language conquered the world
Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th century, and finally emerging...
Shanghailanders: Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025
"I think love is when you think you need someonefor your survival. Survival, defined broadly.""The way you think, sometimes . . .""The way I think, what?""It . . . surprises...
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language
A fresh new look for Bill Bryson's two exceptional classics on the English language 'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems,...
The Holt Guide to English: A Contemporary Handbook of Rhetoric, Language, and Literature
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Author: William F IrmscherBinding: HardbackPublished: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markings-
The Anniversary: An addictive and dangerously readable literary thriller, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize
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Author: Stephanie Bishop Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 'Stunning' i paper 'Dangerously readable' Observer 'Electrifying' Sunday Times Novelist J.B. Blackwood is on a cruise with her husband, Patrick, to...
The Penguin English Language Collection
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The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
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The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
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