A Mouthful Of Air

Canada: Stoddart Publishing, 1992. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 347 pages. Index. "This is the most engaging, erratic, yet curiously persuasive work written about the language for some time." - Weekend Telegraph. Prior owner's rubber stamp to first leaf and fore-edge else unmarked with light wear. A quality… Read more about this item

Hardback. Very Good.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. 1/4 Cloth. 0688119352 . An attractive edition in Fine condition in an alike dust-jacket ; Anthony Burgess' A Mouthful of Air takes on the question of the English language and its many dialects. Through the stories of three characters--a Welsh teacher, a London cab… Read more about this item

William Morrow & Company, 1993. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

William Morrow & Co, 1993-08-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. The binding is tight, corners sharp. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

William Morrow & Co, 1993-08. Hardcover. Good. 1.3000 9.3000 6.4000. first edition book, includes the dust jacket

Hardback. Good.

Quill, 1994-10-01. 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover. Tight binding. Clear text. Free of any markings and no writings inside. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1992 First edition. Very minor soiling and wear. A fine copy with dust jacket..

William Morrow & Company, 1993. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

William Morrow & Company, 1993. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

William Morrow & Co, 1993-08-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Very minor wear, minor toning to edges of unclipped dust jacket. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

London: Hutchinson, 1992. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Fading to D/J spine. Head and tail of spine and D/J spine bumped.

Stoddart Publishing, 1992. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Quill, 1994. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Quill, 1994. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

William Morrow & Co. Used - Good.

Stoddart Publishing. Fine. 1993. Softcover. 0773756345 . Stiff crisp unmarked book, about new. ; 8.9 X 5.7 X 1.1 inches .

William Morrow & Co, 1993. Hardcover. Yeats once wrote of a poem, saying he had made it out of a mouthful of air. Burgess advances this point by presenting a fascinating survey of language--how it operates, and how it will develop in the future--that ranges from Shakespearean pronunciation to the place of English in the world family of… Read more about this item

London:: Hutchinson,, 1992. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Small scuff on cloth front cover. Slightly worn around DJ and cloth spine edges.