Usage Abusage by Eric Partridge, First Edition (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First US edition in dustjacket. Ocean blue cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Teal paper covered boards. Previous owner's name written in ink upon ffep, [390 pages].

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Penguin Reference Books R24 Larger format.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 219 pages. Tan boards slightly discolored. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy lacking dustjacket.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 389 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries. 3 Kg.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($13.95 price intact). Published by Norton, 1994. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 389 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hamish Hamilton, 1954. Maroon Cloth with Gilt, Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ix, 219 pages.book tight and clean with spotting to page edges, DJ unclipped but heavily spotted and faded to spine.overall a good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. entire but heavily foxed D/W. Book.

Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with green spine lettering and decoration, dust jacket. ix, 219pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and nice first U.S. edition of this simplified version of the previous "Usage and Abusage," done up in two-column format, by the popular and prolific British-New Zealand lexicographer (1894-1979).

Hardback. 1st Edition. A short guide to good english. book.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Wie neu. W. W. Norton & Company - 1st. edition 1995 : Eric Partridge - gb + Su - anderes cover 0Z-O8ET-YGVM Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 612.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, third impression, published later the same year. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, largely cream jacket considerably browned, some offsetting and browning to page block, slight lean. Not price clipped (15s), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 384pp. Language is everybody's business, and enters into almost every part of human life. Yet it is all too often misused. Directness and clarity disappear in a whirl of cliches, euphemisms and woolliness of expression. Anglo/ New Zealand lexicographer Eric Partridge's (1892-1971), classic book attacks abusage of all kinds, and at the same time offers advice on the proper use of English. Dedicated to Dr C. T. Onions (1873-1965), grammarian and lexicographer and the fourth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, from whom is derived the phrase to 'know your Onions'.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Edition. BCA London. Dust jacket complete, tiny closed tear. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 392 pages clean and tight.

First American edition. 12mo. 389 pp. New edition dited by Janet Whitcut.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Which is preferred - nom de plume, pseudonym, or pen name? What are neologisms, disguised conjunctions, and fused participles? Language enters into almost every part of human life and yet it is all too often misused: directness and clarity disappear in a whirl of cliches, euphemisms, and wooliness of expression. Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. She has also added a section to the book entitled "Vogue Words," which includes words that have acquired a new power and influence. An updated edition of a useful, entertaining guide to picking the right words (and avoiding the wrong ones). Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. The book also includes a section of "vogue words", those that have acquired a new power and influence. An indispensable reference. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Which is preferred - nom de plume, pseudonym, or pen name? What are neologisms, disguised conjunctions, and fused participles? Language enters into almost every part of human life and yet it is all too often misused: directness and clarity disappear in a whirl of cliches, euphemisms, and wooliness of expression. Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. She has also added a section to the book entitled "Vogue Words," which includes words that have acquired a new power and influence. An updated edition of a useful, entertaining guide to picking the right words (and avoiding the wrong ones). Janet Whitcut has revised Eric Partridge's popular reference to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. The book also includes a section of "vogue words", those that have acquired a new power and influence. An indispensable reference. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.