Elizabeth knowles editor (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Previous owners name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 694 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: VERY GOOD. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Third Impression. Very good unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Later prt. 8vo, 482 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1997 First Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997 First Ed. Hard Cover. Book Condition : Very Good, As new only damage is to front cover & jacket which has indents which marr the surface. Heavy book may require extra postage. Bookseller Inventory #001101. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/A (illustrator). N/A. …

New Revised Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 1136 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Revised edition of: The Oxford dictionary of quotations / edited by Angela Partington. 4th ed. 1992. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Dictionary -- Special Categories -- Advertising slogans -- Borrowed titles -- Catchphrases -- Closing lines -- Epitaphs -- Film lines -- Film titles -- Last words -- Military sayings, slogans, and songs -- Misquotations -- Mottoes -- Newspaper headlines and leaders -- Official advice -- Opening lines -- Political slogans and songs -- Prayers -- Sayings and Slogans -- Songs, spirituals, and shanties -- Telegrams -- Toasts -- Administration -- Age -- America -- Art -- Books -- Britain -- Business -- Computing -- Drinks -- Education -- Environment -- Europe -- Family -- Fashion -- Film -- Food -- Future -- Gardening -- Health and Fitness -- Law -- Literature -- Love -- Marriage -- Men and Women -- Music -- Past -- Photography -- Politics -- Present -- Press -- Quotations -- Religion -- Royalty -- Science -- Seasons -- Sex -- Sport -- Technology -- Television -- Transport -- Travel -- War -- Weather -- Youth. Subjects; Quotations, English. Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic. Quotations (texts). Quotations Dictionaries. English language. Quotations ; Dictionaries ; Databases. Quotations ; Translations into English. Aphorisms. Authorship. Literature Dictionaries. Proverbs. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. First edition. Third printing. Hardcover. Full green cloth, with gilt spine lettering and brown endpapers. FINE in a FINE jacket. A clean, tight copy. Octavo, 500 pages. "Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs" features 2,000 proverbs and sayings arranged thematically across 250 subjectsfrom cats and dogs to caution and extravagance. Each theme includes a brief introduction, and every entry provides the proverb's source, meaning, and earliest known use. Elizabeth Knowles, a lexicographer and editor of multiple Oxford reference works, draws on Oxford's vast research base to include both traditional English sayings and proverbs from global cultures, such as Japan, China, India, and Africa. This compact reference combines scholarly authority with accessibility and charm.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. y Good. n Fifth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Comprehensive collection of 20,000 authenticated quotations. 1136pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Evidence of some damp damage to rear of volume, leaving stain to rear pastedown and lower edges and slightly rippled pages, also to inside of rear panel of wrapper, otherwise very good copy and DJ. VERY HEAVY BOOK, additional postage will be requested. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1152 pages. Ever since the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations published over 70 years ago, this bestselling book has remained unrivalled in its coverag e of quotations both past and present. The eighth edition is a vast treasury of wit and wisdom spanning the centuries and providing the ultimate answer to the q uestion, 'Who said that?' Find that only half-remembered line in a collection of over 20,000 quotations, comprehensively indexed for ready reference. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations provides a quote for every occasion that spans the gre atest minds of history to the people who gave us one-liners. Drawing on Oxford' s unrivalled dictionary research program and unique language monitoring, over 70 0 new quotations have been added to this eighth edition from authors ranging fro m St Joan of Arc and Coco Chanel to Albrecht Durer and Thomas Jefferson. New say ings that span the ages include It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish (the classical writer Heraclitus), My father used to say: Don 't raise your voice, improve your argument'' (Desmond Tutu), and The future is a lready here-it's just not evenly distributed (the writer William Gibson). Two h undred authors make their debut in this edition, with a brand-new companion webs ite that links to dozens of spoken quotations by the authors themselves. Editor ial Reviews With its more than 20,000 quotations, organized alphabetically by a uthor's last name, the dictionary will both educate and entertain anybody who ap preciates other people's wisdom or, alternatively, enjoys discovering statements that are downright dumb.-Library Journal Now more than a half-century old, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. arrives in a freshly updated sixth edition.…

[978-0-19-923717-3] 2009, 7th edition. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. xxvi, 1155pp. 8vo. Two satin ribbon markers, one blue, one yellow. Internally clean and bright. Light scuffs to the edges. Jacket shows light wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 8th edition. 1126 pages. 9.25x7.00x2.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 8th edition. 1126 pages. 9.25x7.00x2.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 7th edition. 1184 pages. 9.53x7.24x2.60 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 240 pages. 11.50x11.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.