SHEARD, J. A.

A very nice bright copy in original dust-wrapper. Dust wrapper price clipped and chipped at spine head and upper edge, consequent localised fading to cloth. Michael Winter's 1965 illustrated bookplate with picture of Rye to fep. Used; Very Good The Language Library Series in its attractive bright dust-wrappers was first edited by Eric Partridge and later by Simeon Potter and more recently David Crystal. The series covers all aspects of, mainly, the English language including its slang, dialects and variants, history and current usage.