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Toronto: W.J. Gage, 1877. Delightful book from the late 1800s with useful information on English composition, provided in a format seldom seen today. Some rubbing of shelfwear, front and back hinges are a little tender, but interior pages are clean and bright. Hard Cover. Good.

USA: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1969. A few highlighted passages, otherwise a fine clean bright copy. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Toronto: Bell and Cockburn, 1910. Hardcover, 1st Canadian edition, blue covers with decorative pastedowns on front and spine, gilt titles. Contains 135 illustrations. A must-have reference for the book collector. Some shelfwear and rubbing, bumped corners, some foxing on frontis, otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Cleveland: The Press of Western Reserve University , 1954. Hardcover, 1st edition, 2nd impression. Book is in fine condition with only a touch of shelfwear. Dust jacket has a couple discrete tape repairs and some general edgewear, otherwise reasonably good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good.

USA: University of Chicago Press, 1969. A fine clean bright copy with only a touch of edgewear. Original printing from 1969. From the publisher:"Here the great Danish linguist Otto Jespersen puts forward his views on grammatical structure in a kind of shorthand formalism, devising symbols that represent various grammatical elements and then analyzing numerous sentences in terms of these symbols.… Read more

C.R. Gibson Company, 1979. Appears NEW AND UNREAD! The best of the 20th century wit and wisdom, from Kennedy to Robert Redford, Einstein and other notables. Soft Cover. As New.

USA: Funk and Wagnalls, 1967. Hardcover, 1st edition, 3rd printing. Fantastic collection of manners and etiquette from the 1960s. How to be a perfect young person! Minor shelfwear otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. Dust jacket is somewhat frayed, but still present and protecting the book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair to Good.

USA: Random House, 1980. Some edgewear and creasing of cover, small tear at top of spine, otherwise quite good. NO MARKS INSIDE. Soft Cover. Good.

Baltimore: I & M Ottenheimer, 1917. Delightful book from 1917, number six in the series from the Gem Library. Minor edgewear and some age toning of pages otherwise a fine clean solid copy. Soft Cover. Very Good.

USA: Washington Square Pr, 1966. Some rubbing of covers and age toning of pages otherwise still a reasonable reading copy. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Toronto: Clarke Irwin & Company, 1940. Hardcover, 1st edition. Very nicely illustrated. Minor shelf and edgewear, former owner's name on FFEP otherwise a fine clean solid copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Fuller, Alison .

USA: MacMillan, 1972. The classic and timeless book on writing. Some creasing of covers edgewear otherwise fine. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Toronto: McGraw - Hill Book Company, 1986. Minor creasing of the spine and covers, otherwise a fine tight copy. A must-have book on the craft of writing essays of all sorts. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Toronto: United Press, 1916. 112 pages - this is the ORIGINAL, not a reproduction. First 6 pages show wonderful photographs of a woman at a writing desk who is illustrating "how to relax". Then follow pages of exercises to learn how to write longhand properly. Minor edgewear otherwise surprisingly great shape!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

U.S.A.: Hayden Books, 1996. A clean fresh copy with only minor edgewear. NO CD - CD IS MISSING. Otherwise a clean bright copy - from the publisher:"Appealing to graphic designers and desktop publishers, Cavanaugh's guide provides an aesthetic and technical approach to the discussion of typography.". Soft Cover. Very Good.

U.S.A.: Modern Language Assn of Amer, 1995. 4th edition. Faint edgewear otherwise appears almost unread. Soft Cover. Fine.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1990. Hardcover 1st edition - Some shelf and edgewear,a minor spine lean, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is rubbed,& slightly torn, otherwise still a good copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

U. S. A.: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1970. Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers,as well age toning, otherwise still a good reading copy. Soft Cover. Good to Fair.

East Lawerence Town, Nova Scotia, Canada: Pottersfield Pr, 2002. Very slight edgewear and faint creasing of spine and covers, otherwise a fine clean tight and bright copy. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Gordonsville, VA, U.S.A.: Faber & Faber, Incorporated, 1987. Some edgewear and creasing of spine and covers, otherwise still a good reading copy. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Illlustrated.