The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose
by Robert Graves & Alan Hodge
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0394729366
- ISBN 13
- 9780394729367
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GRAVES, Robert & HODGE, Alan: The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose. New York, Vintage Books, 1979. Originally published in 1943. Second Edition (1947), revised and abridged by the authors. Reprinted: 1979. Softcover, 290 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Language Arts / English Prose Literature – History, Criticism and Style / English Language-Idioms, corrections and errors / Writing: How-To. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light curling to the book covers, but unbent. Pages unmarked but with normal age-toning. A copy in near first-rate condition. Written by two masters of English prose (Graves is the author of the classic fictional biography, I, Claudius and other notable works). Forty-one principles are set down as a concise and readable guide to those who write. More than half of these principles are concerned with clarity of statement, the remainder deal with grace of expression. An essential guide for the everyday practitioners of English prose. ISBN: 0394729366
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- The Brooklyn Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312324346
- Title
- The Reader Over Your Shoulder
- Author
- Robert Graves & Alan Hodge
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition (1947) - Reprinted 1979
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394729366
- ISBN 13
- 9780394729367
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 290
- Keywords
- Nonfiction / Language Arts / English Prose Literature – History, Criticism and Style / English Language-Idioms, corrections and errors / Writing: How-To.
- Bookseller catalogs
- THE BROOKLYN BOOKMAN – USED, OUT OF PRINT, RARE & COLLECTIBLE BOOKS CATALOG; Nonfiction / How-To; How To: Writing & Reference;
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