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The Archaeology of Drylands: Living at the Margin [Buy it!] | Barker, Graeme, and Gilbertson, David | USD 189.85 (Tue May 28 20:39:47 2024) | Alibris | Booksplease via Alibris | Oxford Routledge 2000 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. One World Archaeology. |
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The Story of English. New and Revised Edition [Buy it!] | McCrum Robert; Cran William; MacNeil Robert | USD 30.00 (Tue May 28 20:39:49 2024) | Biblio | Singularity Rare & Fine | New York: Penguin Books, Date: 1993. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine. See scans and description. New York: Penguin Books, 1993, this being the 8th printing of the New and Revised Edition of the famous McCrum / Cran / MacNeil collaboration, 'The Story of English'. Wide octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, xx + 394 pp. Fine. Quite literally , no salient flaws; just not quite brand spanking new. Sharp, bright, and tight. See scans. Companion to the renowned PBS television series on the topic, The Story of English is one of the most engaging, absorbing treatments of a language and its history imaginable; impossible to put down. Inspired scholarly text by the collaborating trio, and plenty of relevant graphics throughout. This is one of those titles that your loved ones will keep 'liberating' from you if you don't keep your eyes on it. I've bought it four times. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box; not a bag. LG13 1993. Penguin Books ISBN 0140154051 9780140154054 [US] |