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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

Fowler, H. W.

London: Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1926.

First edition, first printing. Bound in near-contemporary half-leather over cloth, recently rebacked. Very Good. Several small edge tears to pages, light foxing to prelims and terminals, light worming to textblock edge. A style guide to British English usage, pronunciation and writing, colloquially referred to as Fowler's Usage, which became the standard for other style guides to writing in English. Immensely influential, this first edition remains in print to this day. Item #140941821

Price: $2,000.00