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The Leaning Tower of Babel and Other Affronts by the Underground Grammarian by Mitchell, Richard - 1984

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The Leaning Tower of Babel and Other Affronts by the Underground Grammarian by Mitchell, Richard - 1984

The Leaning Tower of Babel and Other Affronts by the Underground Grammarian

by Mitchell, Richard

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Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 279 pages. Illustrated. Introduction by Thomas H. Middleton. Significant soil/spot along the edges of the preliminaries, other wise clean; a straight copy. The dust jacket's spine strip is somewhat faded and there is tone inside the flaps. Not price clipped. ; 8vo .
  • Bookseller E Ridge fine Books US (US)
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  • Edition First Edition
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  • Publisher Little Brown and Company
  • Place of Publication Boston
  • Date Published 1984
  • Keywords Language And languages, Language Arts - United States, English Language - usage

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NY, A Fireside Book/ Simon & Schuster, 1984. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, near fine in yellow wraps with red lettering. Introduction by Thomas H. Middleton. Brilliant pieces on educatiobn, language and the decline of the mind from the pages of the Underground Grammarian; gathers in one volume ten years of the best articles in one gem after another. 279 pp.
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Little, Brown, 1984-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. association copy - gift inscription from important Kentucky author Harry M. Caudill to noted Kentucky journalist, Al Smith - "To Al Smith , With good Wishes at Christmas, 1984, Harry M. Caudill", stated first edition, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, dust jacket signed, a couple of pages with paper clip indents on edge, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders
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by Mitchell, Richard; introduction by Thomas A. Middleton

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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. VG/VG. (1984). First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 279 pp. .
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Little, Brown, 1984-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Very good first edition first printing in very good price unclipped dust jacket ($14.95). Binding is solid. Jacket is nice with some shelfwear. Will ship (and look great) in an archival quality clear Brodart cover. We use quality packaging materials.
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Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, xv, 279 pp, many small b & w decorations. DJ has a small tear to bottom of front panel, a couple of creases, price blacked out in ink; in Brodart archival cover. Contains 65 essays concerning English language usage and education first published in The Underground Grammarian. Photo on DJ rear flap shows author bending over a form of type with tweezers, evidently correcting an error. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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