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Hardcover. The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBX; CFFD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 380. Fine copy in dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KKD0008974
ISBN
9781851243488
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848873636
ISBN
9781848873636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785781711
ISBN
9781785781711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.63

Hardback. Editor(s): Kapovic, Mate. Series: Routledge Language Family Series. Num Pages: 700 pages, 170 black & white tables, 15 black & white halftones, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2A; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
700
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415730624
ISBN
9780415730624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 442.48
€ 387.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349455379
ISBN
9781349455379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; HBJD; HBL; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349274253
ISBN
9781349274253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.01

Paperback. This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130. Weight in Grams: 397.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804848831
ISBN
9780804848831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Stanford University linguist and MacArthur Fellow Dan Jurafsky dives into the hidden history of food. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351620
ISBN
9780393351620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 547.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401521505
ISBN
9789401521505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.50

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Geographic
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426204616
ISBN
9781426204616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.38

Paperback. Series: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461282419
ISBN
9781461282419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.34

Paperback. Your guest at dinner kisses you. What does it mean? Where does it lead? Does kissing necessarily imply more, and if so how much? These and similar questions of amorous ethics and erotic disquisition are central to our everyday intimate public lives and they are the lost object of the law of love, the lex amatoria collated and presented here. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349283118
ISBN
9781349283118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.56

Paperback. The Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442628533
ISBN
9781442628533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. In a series of paradigmatic readings of Rene Girard, Peter Sloterdijk, Michael Haneke, Anselm Kiefer, Michel Houellebecq, Elfriede Jelinek, Giorgio Agamben, Naqvi examines the current fascination with victimhood and the desire for victim status." Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSA; HBJK; JFC; JHM; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349536351
ISBN
9781349536351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.15

hardcover. Special 30th Anniversary edition of Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's classic humour book, revised and updated and including The Deeper Meaning of Liff Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9780752227597
ISBN
9780752227597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 529.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319403007
ISBN
9783319403007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349509720
ISBN
9781349509720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Paperback. The best introduction to word history ever published combines scholarship with readability. OED's chief etymologist shows how words originate and change. He explores the histories of place and personal names and explains how to use different kinds of evidence, historical as well as linguistic. This is a book for everyone interested in words. Num Pages: 360 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199691616
ISBN
9780199691616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Paperback. Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is republished in a reset and revised edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English. With impeccable and approachable scholarship, it describes the changing sounds, words, and meanings of English. A book for everyone interested in the language. Editor(s): Mugglestone, Lynda. Num Pages: 624 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199660162
ISBN
9780199660162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.07

Paperback. This work focuses on the ideological intertwining between Czech, Magyar, Polish and Slovak, and the corresponding nationalisms steeped in these languages. The analysis is set against the earlier political and ideological history of these languages, and the panorama of the emergence and political uses of other languages of the region. Num Pages: 1140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; HBJD; HBL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1729.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
1140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361960
ISBN
9781349361960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Leopold, Joan. Series: Prix Volney Essay Series. Num Pages: 995 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AD; 2J; CBX; CFA; CFF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
995
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401098762
ISBN
9789401098762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608194964
ISBN
9781608194964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. Journey into the history of English and discover how words have been absorbed into our language to make it what it is today Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719564550
ISBN
9780719564550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CF; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401063838
ISBN
9789401063838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.53

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