First Edition. A history and defense of American English, which was revised and reissued several times during the author's lifetime. This is the first edition, limited to 1500 numbered copies. x, 374 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in the publisher's dark blue cloth binding. There is.....
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First Edition. Short essays on 250 words connected to history, from Admiral to Zionism. One of the last of Asimov's books on etymology. 265 pages. First edition (first printing with publication date on title page and no indication of later printings). A very good copy in a very good dust.....
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First Edition. A writer for the Rafu Shimpo Japanese newspaper in Los Angeles offers a satirical lexicon of Japanese American terms. The book is reminiscent of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary. For example, an early entry is for "寫眞結婚" (shashin kekkon), or Picture Marriage: "The Japanese, who have always imitated foreign.....
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First Edition. A writer for the Rafu Shimpo Japanese newspaper in Los Angeles offers a satirical lexicon of Japanese American terms. The book is reminiscent of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary. For example, an early entry is for "寫眞結婚" (shashin kekkon), or Picture Marriage: "The Japanese, who have always imitated foreign.....
Price: $750
