Dictionary Modern Usage by Fowler, First Edition (20 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. NEW BOOK, with Minor Shelf Wear, First edition text Location: S 30.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition, 4th printing. 742p. A hardcover book in very good condition with dustjacket. Owner's gift inscription on front endpaper, but otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is tanned and chipped, bus still mostly intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This dark blue cloth hardback and its dustjacket has considerable wear and tear, dampness stains, and other blemishes. Photos available upon request.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, 4th Printing (1950). Published by Oxford University Press, 1944. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with toning to the page ends. Dust jacket is very good with a tear on the front cover, and light shelf and edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Oxford University Press 1967 Second Edition Sixth Printing revised by Sir Ernest Gowers. Condition Good. Previous owner's gift inscription to FFEP with light general wear, no jacket. Boards and spine have light rubbing to edges and crushing at spine ends. Upper page block edge is a little darkened. Page block contents are clean clear and bright with good firm binding. This book is considered the pre-eminent style guide to British English usage, pronunciation and writing. Colloquially referred to as Fowler's Usage it became the standard for other style guides to writing in English. Immensely influential, this first edition remains in print to this day. "No book had more influence on twentieth-century writers of English than Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It rapidly became the standard work of reference for the correct use of English in terms of choice of words, grammar, and style. Much loved for his firm opinions, passion, and dry humour, Fowler has stood the test of time and is still considered by many to be the best arbiter of good practice." - Foreword to the World Classic Edition. After almost a century Fowler's monumental Modern English Usage remains the standard work in the genre. "With no trace of pedantry, with a constant sense that language is a living growth, and with inimitable wit and humour, Fowler compiled this complete guide to good sense and good taste in the choice of words. It was an entirely new kind of 'dictionary,' concerned as it is with the meaning of the words, the analysis of idioms, only as a part of the discipline of their proper use. For the best part of a century, H.W. Fowler has been the supreme lawgiver for English usage." - Printing and the Mind of Man. "Fowler's major work, planned with his brother, was A Dictionary of Modern English Usage(1926). It is an alphabetical listing of points of grammar, syntax, style, pronunciation, and punctuation. The depth, style, and humour of the work have made it a classic of English philology." - Encyclopedia Britannica.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very scarce title in any condition, this Easton Press First Limited Edition is in Fine condition! The front and back covers are both in terrific condition (small bump to edge) and the gilded page edges show hardly any wear (see pictures of all gilt sides). There is faint residue on the second page. This book was published by Easton Press and would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Black Leatherette With Gilt Design, "This Edition Has Been Prepared Especially For G. P. Putnam's Sons New York" On Title Page, Mild Shelfwear And Edgewear, Some Mild Wrinkles On Front And Back Paste Downs, Light Crack In Gutter Of Front Cover With Webbing Slightly Exposed, But Loose Pages, Boards Do Not Lay Flat, Or Other Damage, Light Moisture Exposure On Front End Paper, Tanning From Age, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean And Solid Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No. 1st Edition. Rare book .stated publication Jan 1927 4th impression . there is no writing no foxing 742 pages. that are white and clean. there is a whole in cloth spine pictured .owners name on front end paper Lawyer from Easton Pa .see pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. . Original blue cloth with bright gilt designs on the cover and spine. First Edition. With great humor, Watson compiled this classic guide to English usage still beloved by teachers and scholars. Printing and the Mind of Man 418. No Dust Jacket, Near Fine. Together with Fowler, Henry Watson and Francis George Fowler. The Kings English. London: At the Clarendon Press, 1906. Original red cloth. First Edition. Bookplate of Eliza Gutch, the author and founding member of the Folklore Society, dated August 11, 1906. Tipped in at the rear is an article on this book that appeared in The Academy in 1906. An earlier book on English usage, also amusing. Very Good.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Small open tears on top front panel.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very good. 1st. 1st American Edition. This edition has been prepared especially for G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Mild wear to extremities with a small spot of white scuffing on front cover. Enpapers show some discoloring around perimeter. Presents nicer than description might suggest. Alphabetical index notches on outer edge. Flexible fabricord cover. 5 x 7 1/8 inches. 742 pages.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo (19 cm); publisher's blue cloth, titles stamped in gold on spine, seal stamped in gold on cover, all first issue points most notably title page with single publication year and no stated reprints; no dust jacket; 742pp. Sharpe edges and tight spine, staining on front cover, wear at extremities, text block remarkably clean and tidy, slight toning, moreso on top edge; hinges beautifully intact, previous owner's (perhaps original?) name and date (1926) on ffep, toning on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1926. First Edition, First Printing with 1926 date on title page with no later printings noted on copyright page. Condition Fair/Good. No inscriptions or markings, general wear, no jacket. Boards and spine have edge wear and bumping/crushing at extremities, fading to spine, and some marking/staining. Very slight outward curving of front board. Some splitting at gutter between front pastedown and FFEP resulting in a slight loosening of the binding. Page block edges are tanned/soiled, upper edge is darkened. Page block contents are clean, clear and bright. This book is considered the pre-eminent style guide to British English usage, pronunciation and writing. Colloquially referred to as Fowler's Usage, which became the standard for other style guides to writing in English. Immensely influential, this first edition remains in print to this day. "No book had more influence on twentieth-century writers of English than Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It rapidly became the standard work of reference for the correct use of English in terms of choice of words, grammar, and style. Much loved for his firm opinions, passion, and dry humour, Fowler has stood the test of time and is still considered by many to be the best arbiter of good practice." - Foreword to the World Classic Edition. After almost a century Fowler's monumental Modern English Usage remains the standard work in the genre. "With no trace of pedantry, with a constant sense that language is a living growth, and with inimitable wit and humour, Fowler compiled this complete guide to good sense and good taste in the choice of words. It was an entirely new kind of 'dictionary,' concerned as it is with the meaning of the words, the analysis of idioms, only as a part of the discipline of their proper use. For the best part of a century, H.W. Fowler has been the supreme lawgiver for English usage." - Printing and the Mind of Man. "Fowler's major work, planned with his brother, was A Dictionary of Modern English Usage(1926). It is an alphabetical listing of points of grammar, syntax, style, pronunciation, and punctuation. The depth, style, and humour of the work have made it a classic of English philology." - Encyclopedia Britannica.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First American Edition. Published by The Clarendon Press, 1927 with statement: "This edition has been prepared especially for G. P. Putnam's Sons New York." Black flexible faux leather cover has wear to extremities but clean and overall in very good- condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Modest soiling to bottom page edge. Fore edge has thumbed index tabs in very good condition. Toning to marbled end sheets and paste downs. Front and rear paste downs are cracked. Pages are clean and in very good condition. .; 942 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. All 9 volumes Very Good+, Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Label on spine peeling on "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations". Scratching on gilded text block edges of "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English". ; Collector's Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover 8vo in very good condition. Original blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front and gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Boards have some signs of shelf wear but are still in very good condition. Binding tight. 742 pages with some signs of aging but overall clean and with text clear.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt with boards ruled in blind; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very Good or better with light rubbing to cloth and wear at corners and spine ends, endsheets foxed and hinges there slightly exposed, pages toned, small tear to title page. A style guide to British English usage, pronunciation and writing, colloquially referred to as Fowler's Usage, which became the standard for other style guides to writing in English. Immensely influential, this first edition remains in print to this day.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in near-contemporary half-leather over cloth, recently rebacked. Very Good. Several small edge tears to pages, light foxing to prelims and terminals, light worming to textblock edge. A style guide to British English usage, pronunciation and writing, colloquially referred to as Fowler's Usage, which became the standard for other style guides to writing in English. Immensely influential, this first edition remains in print to this day.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt with boards ruled in blind. Very Good. Cloth streaked in raking light, lightly rubbed at extremities. Light staining to textblock edge. Previous owner gift inscription to front free endpaper and browning to front free endpaper and title page. In a Very Good dust jacket with toning and soiling, spine ends worn, small losses at tips, rubbing at joints, tear and areas of abrasion to rear flap. A style guide to British English usage, pronunciation and writing, colloquially referred to as Fowler's Usage, which became the standard for other style guides to writing in English. Immensely influential, this first edition remains in print to this day.