Names on the Globe

George R.Stewart

ISBN 10: 0195018958 / ISBN 13: 9780195018950

Published by New York: Oxford University Press, 1975, New York, 1975

About this Item

Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 411 pages. The author classifies place names by process of naming, relating them to history, archaelology and poetry etc. No dust-jacket but parts of the same cut from original are tipped in. Some shelf wear but a very good copy.

Seller Inventory # 000973

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Names on the Globe
• Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press, 1975, New York
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195018958
• ISBN 13: 9780195018950
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear on back cover of dj.) Hardcover first edition - New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1975.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear on back cover of dj.). First printing. A fascinating discussion of the human dimension of place names - that is who gave a place a particular name, how has it changed over the years, and why has it changed. Divided into four parts: Man, the Namer, The Mind of the Namer, Namers at Work, Place-names as Sources of Knowledge - and within these parts, he examines the evidence of archeologists, poets, explorers, colonizers, folklorists and more. Considered by some to be Stewart's greatest and most significant work. Author's note, index. ix, 411 pp.