Handbook of Blunders Designed to Prevent 1,000 Common Blunders in Writing and Speaking
Language: English
Published by Lee and Shepard Publishers / Charles T. Dillingham, Boston / New York, 1885
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Theoria Books, Andover, MA, U.S.A.Theoria Books
AbeBooks seller since June 12, 2016
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 55.00
Quantity: 1 available
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60 pp., followed by 2 pp. of Publisher Ads. '1885' on Title page with '1884' on copyright page. No jacket. Brown cloth with black lettering on spine and at middle front cover. Rubbing wear at spine corners and across top spine (one spot of wear between corners of foot of spine); book corners with small tip rubbing wear; place of diminished brown at middle right front cover (1 1/2" x 1"), where a price sticker was probably removed ages ago (last letter of 'ENGLISH' is partly lifted); sewn signatures slightly stretched in first two signatures, yet still strongly bound; textblock and pages uniformly, lightly age-toned; corners still square; no previous owner names. Clean text. The way to read a Classic text more than 130 years old, which helps you distinguish some American vs British usage; " 'pants' vulgar for 'pantalloons' "; 'equivocal' vs. 'ambiguous'; 'baffle', 'frustrate', vs. 'defeat'; 'wonderful' vs. 'marvellous'. 'temperance' vs. 'abstinence'; 'pleasure' vs. 'happiness'; 'plenty' vs. 'abundance'; etc. Collectible. Charming period piece. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Handbook of Blunders Designed to Prevent 1,000 Common Blunders in Writing and Speaking
- Author
- Harold H. Ballard
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard Publishers / Charles T. Dillingham, Boston / New York
- Publication year
- 1885
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
Theoria Books
Andover, MA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since June 12, 2016
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Retired academic's reference library with specialization in philosophy, religion, science, and mathematics--all scholarly subject areas; Pre-Socratics to contemporary; biographies; some series collections. General stock also, including fiction, poetry, literary criticism, mysteries, some foreign language, children's, history, sociology, psychology, education. Some signed copies.
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