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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Light cover wear. Aging to covers. Interior is clean. Year 1951. 42 pp. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in Tall | > Media/Binding: Card Wraps |.

Condition: Very Good. Toronto, 1983; brown cloth covered boards; wear at spine edges; corners rubbed; glossy jacket with edge wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; Interior clean and unmarked; 1313 pages. Additional shipping charges may be required for international or expedited orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. 1st. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Near Fine clear acetate dust jacket with a 1/2" tear to edge near the spine head in Good only slipcase with edges rubbed. Red cloth, xxiv, 927pp, [8] blank pages for Reader's Notes. Small line drawings. "That part of Canadian English which is neiher British nor American is best illustrated by the vocabulary, for there are hundreds of words which are native to Canada or which have meanings peculiar to Canada". Pink tea: a social gathering attended chiefly by women. Mudpup: a young Englishman sent out to Western Canada to learn farming. Mukluk: a warm knee-high boot worn by the Inuit and Aboriginals of the Northest Territries and the Yukon. Muskeg: an organic bog which is brown or black mixture of water and living and dead vegetation often covered with sphagnum or other mosses and often of considerable depth. Stook: a structure of grain sheaves, sometimes set up end to end in five or six pairs, (a long stook) sometimes in a circle (a round stook). (4.2 JM HQ 103/5 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Galt, Jean; Guest, Mary (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Matthew H. Scargill upon title page. Scargill was Director of the Lexicographical Centre for Canadian English which produced this work. "Provides a historical record of words and expressions characteristic of the various spheres of Canadian life during the almost four centuries that English has been used in Canada. Provides the meaning, or meanings, of such terms and, where relevant, their pronunciation, etymology, and scope - both in time and space. Through dated quotations, an extensive cross-referencing system, illustrative drawings, and exploratory notes relating to usage, disputed origins, and other contentious matters, the editors have sought to create an informative, entertaining, and valuable reference." - Introduction. xxiv, 926 p. Book clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Includes original glossy clear acetate jacket. Above-average wear to cherry red slipcase which is open along top front edge. A special example of this unique repository of Canadiana. ; Sm 4to; Signed by Editor.…