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PROSPECT AND RETROSPECT : Selected Essays of James Britton
by Pradl, Gordon M. (Edited by)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 086709043X
- ISBN 13
- 9780867090437
- Seller
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About This Item
Monclair, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1982. 218pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Previous owner's name stamp to half-title page, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper sunned on spine (title clearly legible), minor edgewear, faint sticker ghost to front panel. "Although Britton's essays weave continual variations on the central theme of how through language and social interaction we evolve more increasingly accurate maps of our worlds, they are divided here into three sections, each with a more specific focus." Contents include: Introduction, Section I: Literature and the Shaping of Experience. Section II; Language and Intention. Section III: Perspectives on the Profession, Selected Bibliography of other Britton Publications. Book weight approx. 310g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010526
- Title
- PROSPECT AND RETROSPECT : Selected Essays of James Britton
- Author
- Pradl, Gordon M. (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 086709043X
- ISBN 13
- 9780867090437
- Publisher
- Boynton/Cook Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Monclair, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- ENGLISH PHILOLOGY, STUDY AND TEACHING, ESSAYS, LECTURES, EDUCATION, LANGUAGE ARTS, LITERATURE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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