Elements Style by William Strunk, First Edition (25 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Third Edition. Stated Third Edition, With Revisions, an Introduction, and a Chapter on Writing. Book Condition: Good. Covers lightly rubbed, corners creased. Spine display quality with no creases. 92 bright, white tightly bound pages. This is a used copy with notes, underlines, paperclip marks from prev. owner. Still a nice bright reading copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Fourth Edition. Faint crease to spine, mild edgewear to wraps. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is sound Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (English language, writing, rhetoric, style manuals).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Elements of Style by William Strunk JR with revisions, introduction and new chapter by E. B. White, 1st edition and stated 1st printing. 1959 HCDJ published by Macmillan, This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is on promoting a plain English style. This little book can help you communicate more effectively by showing you how to enliven your sentences. very good, some jacket wear, amrks, a little cloth rubbing, name inside, clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Second printing. Sparse markings on a few pages. Jacket is Good, with a small tear at top of spine.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition The jacket is shelf worn and slightly creased. The bottom edge of the spine is slightly chipped. The cover is shelf worn, particularly along the bottom edge. The corner edges are bumped. Binding is tight. The front end page leaf is foxed but otherwise all other pages are clean and unmarked.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition The jacket is shelf worn and slightly creased. The bottom edge of the spine is slightly chipped. The cover is shelf worn, particularly along the bottom edge. The corner edges are bumped. Binding is tight. The front end page leaf is foxed but otherwise all other pages are clean and unmarked.

Fourth edition. 12mo.[xviii], 105 pp. Hardcover binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (101581). Foreword by Roger Angell.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Second Printing. A Fine copy in bright red cloth, without dustwrapper as issued. Originally published for the trade in 1920 by Harcourt, Brace and Company, later reissued by Macmillan, with an Introduction by E.B. White, who had been Strunk's student at Cornel. This reprint is based on the fourth Macmillan edition [2000]. 147pp. with color illustrations throughout by Kalman. Successive generations of college freshman have found the book useful, though some of its tenets are now considered passe by academics. This book is an artsy, conceptual version of the original. Q17484.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. First Edition. First Printing. Dust jacket worn with an inch and half tear on the front corner. Pages clean with a tight spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Stated first printing of this landmark book on proper writing style; updated by the writer E. B. White in 1959. Uncommon. DJ nicely in archival wraps with major chips taken; staining to the end pages and previous owner's bookplate inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. WITH REVISIONS BY E.B. WHITE,CRISP BOARDS,CLEAN UNMARKED TEXT,DJ EDGE/SHELF WEAR.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, octavo, original black cloth over boards, gilt stamped lettering on spine. First edition of this classic book "With Revisions, an Introduction, and a New Chapter on Writing by E.B. White." Concerning writing style from Professor of English at Cornell University, William Strunk Jr. Very Good; light shelf wear, light foxing to edges and end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 71 pages. Small owner's signature on endpaper dated August 1959. This is a true first, with "First Printing" stated on the copyright page, no punch mark on the rear cover, and the jacket is priced $2.50. The jacket is lightly worn at the edges with a few tiny nicks. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Macmillan Company. New York. 1959. 71 pages. First edition stated, first printing. Original DJ with $2.50 price intact on DJ flap. No blind impression on rear panel; this is NOT the book club edition that also states first edition. This is the original first retail trade edition, first printing with E.B. White's added chapter and revisions; the same E.B. White of the New Yorker, Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, who happened to be a student of Professor Strunk's at Cornell University. This title was first available in a different format in 1920; without the E.B. White contributions. This book is tight. Binding and hinges are sound. A 1959 dated gift inscription on FFEP. Endpapers show faint toning. Minor shelf-rubbing along panel edges. Original DJ with $2.50 price intact on flap. DJ shows rubbing along edges, tiny chipping and a couple of small closed edge tears. Small code written on rear corner of DJ. VG+/VG-.

First Trade Edition. First trade edition after a private printing. Book measures approximately 7.25" x 5", with 52 numbered pages. Book is in very good minus condition. Gift inscription on the front endpaper reads: "For my Cornell daughter H.F.M from M.M.F May 31, 1977 Ithaca, N.Y." Moderate staining to the boards. Edgewear to the extremities. Small punctured closed tears at the top of pages 3-32. "The Elements of Style" by William Strunk Jr. is an American English writing style guide. This book was privately published and intended for the use at Cornell University where Strunk worked as a professor of English. The book has been named by Time as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(M8-6).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Writing. First publication of standard guide after private printing, BEFORE collaboration with E. B. White. Printed paper boards rubbed and soiled, corners worn, cloth spine good, some wear at the ends. Owner name on the first endpaper, pencil notes on the copyright page, rest of the book is clean, binding tight. Very scarce.

First Trade Edition. First trade edition after a private printing. Book measures approximately 7.25" x 5", with 52 numbered pages. Book is in very good minus condition. Light edgewear, rubbing and soiling. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, with a few small dents to lower edges. Previous owner name of a Cornell University professor in ink inside front cover with 1922 date. Interior pages are clean. "The Elements of Style" by William Strunk Jr. is an American English writing style guide. This book was privately published and intended for the use at Cornell University where Strunk worked as a professor of English. The book has been named by Time as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O1-23).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Green boards, rubbed on edges and some chipping on corners. Blue cloth spine, pulled on top and bottom. Pages are age toned. Binding a bit shaken. Clean throughout. First printing after a private edition.

Condition: Good. First Edition. First trade edition. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over darker blue spine cloth. Good, with oily stain and damage to rear cover, else light soiling and surface wear to covers. Previous owner bookplate to inside of front cover. The first trade edition of the notorious writing guide.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First trade edition. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over darker blue spine cloth. Very Good with toning, darkening, mellow staining and edge wear to covers, toning to pages. The first trade edition of the notorious writing guide.

First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5" with 43 numbered pages. This book is in good condition. Minor scuffing to spine. Minor chips to spine and edges of both panels. Closed tears to foredge of front panel and top edge of rear panel. Both panels are moderately sunned and stained. Interior pages are clean. Cornell University English professor William Strunk Jr. wrote The Elements of Style in 1918 and privately published it in 1919, for use at the university. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O6-142).