The Jeweller's Window: Some Notes and Reflections on the Ways of Words and Men
by Wall, Arnold
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
New Zealand: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd, 1964. Blue cloth, gilt text and decoration to spine. 150 pp. Spine tips lightly rubbed. Small felt pen mark to lower text block edge. Internally clean with tight binding. DJ has price intact, moderate edgewear with one tear. Professor Wall has divided his book into five sections: Adventures of Words, which deals with changes in pronunciation, idioms, peculiar spellings and other oddities of the language; Rescued Days, is autobiographical; Section three: Stories Old and New; Fourth Section: Unclassified Gems; and Section Five: Poems selected from the author's scrapbook. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004218
- Title
- The Jeweller's Window: Some Notes and Reflections on the Ways of Words and Men
- Author
- Wall, Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd
- Place of Publication
- New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Language Literary Criticism Poetry New Zealand Fiction Non-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism;
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
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