Search Results: the australian language by baker sidney j

Sidney Australia: Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1945. hardcover. very good/no jacket. 5 3/4 x 8 5/8" 425 pages. front free endpage removed. stamped on all edges "Property U.S. Government.

Sydney: Currawong. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Second Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt; with sprinkled foxing top edge, fading to endpapers at extremities. Dust jacket with light wear at corners, foxing & tanning inside rim of flaps, in protective mylar wrap.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .

Sydney Australia / San Francisco USA: Currawong Publishing Co. / Tri-Ocean Books, 1966. hardcover. very good/very good. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2" 517 pages. ex library, spine label inked out, stamped on top edge of pages & title page. also stamped withdrawn. pocket on last page. old tape spots on inside front and rear covers & first and last pages. dj now in mylar protector.

Sun Books, Melbourne, 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. preface by author, list of words and phrases and index. Colour illustrated front cover with white, red and black titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. A book examining the Australian use of English that was first published in 1945. The book was revised in 1966, taking in more of the newer Australian idiom. A little creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the edges, panels and either side of the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Some marks to the front panel and there is a reading crease to the back strip. Size: Standard Paperback. XVI, 518 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Australia; ISBN: 0725101032. ISBN/EAN: 9780725101039. Inventory No: 0289679. . 9780725101039

Currawong Publishing Co. Used - Good.

Sydney & London: Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1945. HB. Orange cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 425 pp. "An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia...". Spine sunned, number on lower spine, card pocket at rear. From the W. A. Sumner Collection. Appears to have been in a private library. No marks in book. The second printing, with the revised page 295-96 tipped in. Book condition VG-.

Australia bsal Baker, Sidney J. The Australian Language: An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom and its use by Australian writers. Second edition. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966, xiv, 517 pages, illus. (The first edition had xii, 425 pages). This enlarged edition is in good to good plus condition, in dust jacket. Inscribed by Baker on front free endpaper. $25.00 Box 7171

Currawong Publishing Co. Sydney. 1966 (Second Edition). 8vo, XXII, 457pp. Hardcover, original cloth, a little worn on lower edge; some flecking in text good cond overall. A comprehensive, academic yet readable account of the current trends and past factors that have contributed to the development of the uniquely Australian language.

Sun Books, Melbourne, 1966. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 450 g.; XVI, 518 pages, preface by author, list of words and phrases and index. Colour illustrated front cover with white, red and black titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. Previous owner details at the top right-hand corner of the half title page.. A book examining the Australian use of English that was first published in 1945. The book was revised in 1966 Size: Standard Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Australiana; Inventory No: 0285388. .

Currawong 1966. Lacks d/w. Super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Sydney and London: Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1945. 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 425, [1]; 7 photo-reproductive plates; very good in original orange cloth, armorial bookplate, in a torn and toned dust jacket.

Sydney-London, Angus & Robertson Ltd. 1945. Original publisher's orange-brown cloth hardback, black lettering spine, 8vo: xiv, 426pp. Firm copy.

Sydney: Currawong Publishing Co, 1966. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney, Currawong Publishing Co., 1966 (revised second edition)/ 1945. Octavo, xiv, 517 pages with a few illustrations. Cloth; edges a little flecked; endpapers a little faded; a very good copy with the price-clipped dustwrapper slightly nibbled and rubbed.

Sydney: Angus And Robertson. Good with no dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Minor damps stains to margins of some leaves. Some staining and marking to boards. ; xii, [2], 425 pages + plates. Orange cloth boards. Page dimensions: 215mm x 132mm. Title continues, "An examination of the English language and English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to the present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom and its use by Australian writers." ; 8vo .

(Sydney: Shakespeare Head Press: Copyright 1953) First Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 336. List of Words and Phrases. Index and Bibliography. First Edition. Spine a little sunned and bumped at head and foot; a near fine copy.

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1945. 425 pp including index, gift inscription on front end-paper, stain on d/j, else very good copy in like d/j.

Sydney: Shakespeard Head Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very good. 336pp. VG Dj.

Currawong Pub. Co., Sydney, 1966. Second Edition. 8vo, 517pp. A very good hardback copy in lightly edgeworn and foxed dust jacket. Endpaper edges faded. . An examination of the English language & English speech as used in Australia, from convict days to present, with special reference to the growth of indigenous idiom & its use by Australian writers.

Angus and Robertson Ltd., Sydney. 1945. Angus and Robertson Ltd., Sydney. 1945. First edition. Hardback NO DW. Orange cloth boards have a sunned spine and are stained and splash marked. Page edges browned and stained. Ownership signature to front end paper. A nice copy.

Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1945. 425 pp, fine copy in like d/j.. With the cancelled leaf, pp 295/6, original contained derogatory references to the bulletin.