Isbn: 9780712347297 - indexers and indexing in fact and fiction (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.…

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780712347297.…

Soft cover. 8vo. pp 160. Large format paperback. Signed presentation from the author, "To Kirk, I hope it happens to you younger than it did to me, very best wishes, Hazel." ISBN: 0712347291 Fine.

2001, 160pp. Softcover. In very good condition. "The index, taken for granted, perhaps considered boring - or not considered at all - is an essential part of a book, and some would say the most essential part. This study takes a wry look at the history, uses and implications of a previously little-considered element of the book and offers an anthology of amusing index extracts. This anthology, compiled by a professional indexer, not only examines the history of the development of the index, but also brings to light the debate and comment that the index has invited over the years, both in fact and fiction. The author examines examples of indexes from earlier centuries some endearingly quaint; some deliberately humorous; some plain awful; and some of which are astonishing in the vehemence of the views they present. Bell also examines the depiction of indexers in fiction - and the picture she finds is not encouraging to the professional indexer variously portrayed as diffident; domestic drudges; incompetent; fallen pedants - such as the drunken father of the classic butler in Parkinson's Jeeves and even frankly insane - Nabokov's megalomaniac Charles Kinbote. In crime novels, the index becomes a tool for the crime-solver - and for the blackmailer selecting his victim.".…

8vo (216x138mm), 160p. Paperback. (NEW BOOK) A wry look at the history, uses and implications of this little-considered element of the book. `The man who publishes a book without an index should be damned ten miles beyond hell, where the devil himself cannot get for the stinging nettles' wrote John Baynes; Bernard Levin recommended capital punishment for the same crime.…