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It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
Palgrave Macmillan, September Date: 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 1st Edition / 1st Printing - CLEAN!! No marks. Might as well be new. No dust jacket, as issued. Appears unread. . . . . . . . . . Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War. . . . . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTNETS: 1.) Anatomy of a Victorian family -- 2.) Education for public service -- 3.) Coping with Lloyd George -- 4.) WWI: under cover at Wellington House -- 5.) Influential head of enfeebled mines department -- 6.) Quis custodiet?: surtax, syntax and scandal -- 7.) Mine owners bogy man -- 8.) WWII: preparing for London s civil defence -- 9.) WWII: leading London throug hthe Blitz -- 10.) Post-war reconstruction -- 11.) Abolishing capital punishment -- 12.) Plain words -- 13.) Revising Fowler s Modern English usage -- 14.) A last retrospect -- APPENDIX I: Governments and Prime Ministers 1900-1970 -- APPENDIX II: Condensed Biographies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. 2009. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 0230580254 9780230580251 [US]
ISBN10: 0230580254, ISBN13: 9780230580251, [publisher: Palgrave Macmillan September 2009] Hardcover First Edition Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. 1st Edition / 1st Printing - CLEAN!! No marks. Might as well be new. No dust jacket, as issued. Appears unread. . . . . . . . . . Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War. . . . . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTNETS: 1.) Anatomy of a Victorian family -- 2.) Education for public service -- 3.) Coping with Lloyd George -- 4.) WWI: under cover at Wellington House -- 5.) Influential head of enfeebled mines department -- 6.) Quis custodiet?: surtax, syntax and scandal -- 7.) Mine owners bogy man -- 8.) WWII: preparing for London s civil defence -- 9.) WWII: leading London throug hthe Blitz -- 10.) Post-war reconstruction -- 11.) Abolishing capital punishment -- 12.) Plain words -- 13.) Revising Fowler s Modern English usage -- 14.) A last retrospect -- APPENDIX I: Governments and Prime Ministers 1900-1970 -- APPENDIX II: Condensed Biographies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index [Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009] ...
Palgrave Macmillan 2009 2009 ed. Hardcover Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
ISBN10: 0230580254, ISBN13: 9780230580251, [publisher: Palgrave Macmillan] Hardcover Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized. [Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]
ISBN10: 0230580254, ISBN13: 9780230580251, [publisher: Springer Nature Singapore] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2009]
ISBN10: 0230580254, ISBN13: 9780230580251, [publisher: Springer Nature Singapore] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2009]
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Ernest Gowers: Plain Words and Forgotten Deeds. ISBN 0230580254 9780230580251 [GB]
Hardback. New. Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War. ISBN 0230580254 9780230580251 [GB]
ISBN10: 0230580254, ISBN13: 9780230580251, [publisher: Palgrave Macmillan] Hardcover Very Good to Like New condition. Pictorial hardcover book 255 pages. [Brisbane, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 2010]
ISBN10: 0230580254, ISBN13: 9780230580251, [publisher: Palgrave Macmillan] Hardcover First Edition Laminated boards, no jacket. Ernest Gowers was a wise man. His words are remembered but his deeds are largely forgotten. He is known as the author of a book on official English written for the Treasury at the end of the Second World War, but he had a long career during which he had to meet diverse challenges. The aim of this biography is to record his career and his many achievements. [Canberra, ACT, Australia] [Publication Year: 2009]
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