Brook Stella (13 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Worn signature between half title and title page. Upper edge of text worn. Faded dust jacket. Else good. 168 pp.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, pages slightly tanned and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 168pp. This 14th century poem, written in the alliterative tradition is here fully translated into normal English, page by page. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 8.75 x 5.5 inches.…

Hardcover. Cloth, dw; paper sl browned.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing in gilt-stamped gray papered boards and price-clipped brick red dust wrapper, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright & unfoxed, trace edge wear to jacket, else Fine unread copy (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 232pp indexed.…

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight age tone. Good DJ with slight wear.

Hardback. Stella Brook, Andre Deutsch. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA scholarly work of linguistic and liturgical history, The Language of the Book of Common Prayer examines the rich textual heritage of one of the most influential documents in the English-speaking Christian tradition. Stella Brook presents a meticulous analysis of the rhetorical structures, vocabulary, and cadences that Thomas Cranmer and subsequent revisers crafted into the Prayer Book's enduring prose. With an academic yet accessible tone, the work traces how the language of the Prayer Book both shaped and was shaped by the development of Early Modern English, drawing connections between liturgical expression and the broader literary culture of the period. Brook illustrates how phrases and rhythms from the Prayer Book permeated English literature, poetry, and public discourse for centuries, cementing its status as a cornerstone of the language itself. This authoritative study is essential reading for scholars of English literature, church history, and the history of the English language alike. Hardback.…

Condition: Good. Original grey cloth, dust jacket, 8vo.; First endpaper slightly damaged at top corner.