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London: Kingston Books, 1989.. 1st edition. Tells four stories. "First there is the story of Michael Wynne-Parker - preoccupied by the good things in life in his youth, but now a successful businessman and dedicated philanthropist. Then..the story of Sir Evelyn Wrench, who, while still a teenager, was the Postcard King of the world, and who dedicated his mature life to the cause of universal brotherhood. The story of the English-Speaking Union, founded by Sir Evelyn, reveals that it as powerful a force for peace today as when it was founded. Finally, there is the troubled history of Sri Lanka, an ancient civilisation coming to terms with the complexities of independence...." Pp.x/163, signed by the author to title page, 8 pages of black & white photos, indentation to preliminary pages due to strongly made signature. Blue cloth, dustwrapper, sight sunning to spine. VG/VG.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.Ltd, 1935.. 2nd printing. Psyche Miniatures series. BASIC is an anacronym of British, American, Scientific, International, Commercial) English. 15.5cms x 10cms. Pp.118/2(publisher's catalogue), folding chart frontispiece,owner's name to front free endpaper, minor spotting to endpapers. Green cloth spine over paper covered boards, original paper label to spine, front board a little soiled. Scarce. G+.** "Charles Kay Ogden, (1889-1957), British writer and linguist who originated Basic English, a simplified system of the English language language intended as a uniform, standardized means of international communication.,,,General interest in Basic English did not develop until after 1943, however, when Winston Churchill, with the support of Franklin D. Roosevelt, appointed a committee to study the extension of its use. Ogden�s efforts resulted in conceptions of language learning that are still productive."(Enc.Britannica).

London: Johnston & Bacon, 1974.. 1st ed. A transatlantic dictionary for readers, writers, travellers and businessmen who often find themselves confounded by English as the English use it. Pp. 20/220, 21 b/w illustns. Illustrated laminated boards, rubbing to spine. G+.

Cambridge:University Press,1901.. 2nd ed. Revised and enlarged. "The second Edition has been revised throughout and enlarged by the additin of a Chapter on the Metrical Systems of Dr Skeat and Mr Robert Bridges, originally addressed to the Philological Society; a Chapter on Shelly's Metre, originally read before the Shelly Society; and a Cahpter on the English Hexameter, which appears here for the first time." Pp.16/308,toning and spotting to endpapers. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

London: HarperCollins, 1994.. New ed. Comprehensive dictionary, with over 68,000 references. Pp. 10/1044/2 (ads.) Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/G+.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1962.. Apart from two chapters on grammar and punctuation, this guide os concerned with the choice and arrangement of words in such a way as to get an idea as exactly as possible out of one mind into another." Pp, 272, page edges slightly toned. P/b. G.

London: Bloomsbury. 1993.. 1st ed. "An easy-to-use guide to the complexities of the English language - from adjective to simile, the complete guide to perfect grammar". Pp 216. P/b, small scuff to front cover. G+.

London: Guild Publishing, 1989.. 5th rep. "... It brims with useful information, and is astonishingly cheap." Pp. 20/725. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has small closed tear to top of spine. VG/G+.

London: Guild Publishing,1990.. 3rd rep. "Eponyms are the people who give their names to words....a dictionary of the 1,000 or more popular eponyms in the English language." Pp.307,occasional b/w illustrations by Tony Cantale. Black cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1965.. Primarily for foreign students of English...A guide to ordinary written and spoken English." Pp, 325. P/b. G+.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1958.. 1st edition. The Language Library series. "Professor Ross makes it plain that English Etymology cannot be approached without some knowledge of General Linguistics, of the 'sound-changes' that have affected English from the time of its earliest known parent, Primitive Indo-European to the present day, and of some of those that have affected other Indo-European and Germanic languages." Pp.169, toning to endpapers and closed page edges. Grey cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. G+/G+.

Cambridge, Mass, USA: Winthrop Publishers, 1978.. 1st ed. "Solid coverage of the basics of effective communication is provided... Primary emphasis is on public speaking, but attention is given to interpersonal communication as well. The book's ten chapters were written by members of the Speech Department of Western Kentucky University..." Pp.9/261 with b/w illustrations throughout. P/b. G+.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1878.. 4th edition, enlarged and revised. "To the present edition have been added two appendices. The first contains twelve versions, synoptically arranged, of the Lord's Prayer, at different periods, from the earliest times till the sixteenth century...The second consists of a digest or summary of all existing Saxon and Englsih remains down to the beginning of the fourteenth century. It includes an account of the extant MSS, their probable date, dialect in which written, when, where, and by whom first published, all arranged as far as possible in chronological order." Pp.xx/188, edge wear to rear endpapers. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, wear to top and tail of spine and edges. G+.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1964.. 1st ed. "The aim of the book is to give an account of the changes which have taken place in the English language in England in the past few decades. The idea behind this is that the living language is the right place to begin all language study, and that this applies to historical linguistics as much as to descriptive linguistics." Pp.10/154, owners name to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

London: Bibliophile Books, 1987.. Originally published in 1874...contains a treasure trove of archaic words...arranged in alphabetical order, with definitions, examples and citations which illustrate the extraordinary roots and versatility of the English language." Pp.xxiv/288/48(facsimile advertisements). Black cloth spine over white boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Penguin, 2001.. In this authoritative and very readable guide, Professor Larry Trask gives forthright advice on how to write simply and effectively and to avoid blunders and howlers which might otherwise leave your reader either bemused or rolling on the floor with laughter." Pp.10/302. Pbk. VG.

London: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., 1964.. Rep. "...deserves to be prescribed for honours' students of the English language in countries where English is a second or foreign language." Pp. 10/20, 15 Spectograms, inscrip. to fep. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w price-clipped and has small losses to top of spine. G+/G+.

London: Ginn and Company Ltd, 1965.. The aim of this book is to produce facility and accuracy in expression, with particular attention to the use of English in commerce. Exercises for increasing the range of vocabulary, extending the scope of sentence-patterns and building substantial and well-arranged paragraphs are given..." Pp.158. Black and red cloth, college inkstamp and marker pen number to front board. G+.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1957.. Rep. "The ideal behind this little book is the Humanist ideal, so admirably set forth in the Report entitled 'The Teaching of English in England.' " Pp. 323. Decorated boards with blue spine. VG.

London: BCA, 2002.. Rep. ".....offers the interested general reader, the language professional, and the student alike, strightforward and immediate access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings: it is both an A-Z reference and guide to the subject." Pp.448. Blue cloth, d/w. VG/VG.