Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on spine, author's facsimile initials, gilt, embossed on cover, TEG (red). . Top edge of boards very slightly sunned, mildly worn at head and heel of spine, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is chipped at head and heel and has one small closed tear. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xii, 347, (1) pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10776
Title: The Adventure of Language
Author: Girsdansky, Michael
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition Thus. 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc.
Place of Publication: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Date Published: 1963
Keywords: History, Communication, Non-Fiction;, Language
Bookseller catalogs: Reference;

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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