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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Date: 2005-05-19. Hardcover. Very Good. Book is in very good condition. All pages are intact and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket. 2005. Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 030435385X 9780304353859 [GB]
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson., Date: 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. large 8vo,original cloth hardcover,1267 pages,page edges stained hence very good in fine unclipped dustwrapper.shelf 68. 2005. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 030435385X 9780304353859 [GB]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson. As New in New dust jacket. Date: 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 030435385X . This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in fine condition with little wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers. ; "Pick any spot in the British Isles and youre sure to find a touch of local color, as this authoritative guide so entertainingly demonstrates. The authors have selected 7,500 of the most interesting places and place-names, from Ashby-de-la-Zouch (scene of Ivanhoes unforgettable joust), to Wetwang, where builders recently discovered the 2,300-year-old grave of an Iron Age woman who was buried with a chariot. Tourists, scholars, and armchair travelers will revel in fascinating facts on everything from whats odd about the name Avon River to why Brits say God bless the Duke of Argyle! when someone scratches an itch."; 6.75 X 2.5 X 9.5 inches; 1326 pages . 2006. Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 030435385X 9780304353859 [US]
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Date: 2005. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Just a hint of fading to the spine of the dust wrapper.. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day service, tracked, duties unpaid. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9¼ x 7 (2.2 kg); (xxix) 1267pp; Includes: Maps; Glossary of frequently used elements in the place names of Britain and Ireland; 2-column text; Appendices (3); ISBN: 0-3043-5385-X || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #196381|| Condition: 2005. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 030435385X 9780304353859 [GB]
Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 2005. Hardcover. 030435385X . Tight square unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new. ; 6.75 X 2.5 X 9.5 inches; 1326 pages . 2005. Weidenfeld & Nicholson ISBN 030435385X 9780304353859 [CA]
Compiled By John Ayto and Ian Crofton. Place-Name Consultant Dr. Paul Cavill
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ISBN10: 030435385X, ISBN13: 9780304353859, [publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London England] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. First Edition. Brewer's Britain and Ireland. The History, Culture, Folklore and Etymology of 7500 Places in These Islands. From Aberdeen to Aberystwyth, From Ballybunnion to Barking, From the Backbone of England to the Cold Shoulder of Scotland, from the Orchard of Ireland to the Green Bridge of Wales.this book takes the reader on a roving, recherche and richly informative 'phrase and fable' ramble round these far-flung islands. Gather together the historic, linguistic, folklore, literary, and popular cultural assciations of some 7500 places and their names, this book is an authoritative, sometimes quirky, and always highly browsable work of reference, in the tradition of that great work of Victorian reference, Dr. E. Cobham Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fabnle. 1267 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) [East Sussex, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]
Compiled By John Ayto and Ian Crofton.. Place Name Consultant Dr. Paul Cavill
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London England: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near Fine/Near Fine. Date: 2005. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 030435385X Hardcover Hardcover. First Edition. Brewer's Britain and Ireland. The History, Culture, Folklore and Etymology of 7500 Places in These Islands. From Aberdeen to Aberystwyth, From Ballybunnion to Barking, From the Backbone of England to the Cold Shoulder of Scotland, from the Orchard of Ireland to the Green Bridge of Wales....this book takes the reader on a roving, recherche and richly informative 'phrase and fable' ramble round these far-flung islands. Gather together the historic, linguistic, folklore, literary, and popular cultural assciations of some 7500 places and their names, this book is an authoritative, sometimes quirky, and always highly browsable work of reference, in the tradition of that great work of Victorian reference, Dr. E. Cobham Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fabnle. 1267 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) . 2005. Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 030435385X 9780304353859 [GB]
London & Boston,: Weidenfeld & Nicolson;, Date: 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. red cloth, gilt spine, unpaginated, xxix, 900 + pages, a clean, bright copy, Every place has a story to tell but this is more than just a place-name dictionary. It also explores the cultural associations of the name and the place, whether historical,folkloric,linguistic,literary,musical,artistic or even gastronomic. Also a wealth of quotations and a whole host of quirks and curosities. A clean, bright copy Size: 4 to. 2005. Weidenfeld & Nicolson; ISBN 030435385X 9780304353859 [CA]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Date: 2006-03-28. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2006. Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 030435385X 9780304353859 [US]
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