Text edited by J. Coulson, C. T. Carr, Lucy Hutchinson, Dorothy Eagle. Illustrations edited by Helen Mary Petter. Pp. xvi+974+[2](colophon, verso blank), mostly printed in triple column, numerous small text illustrations, appendices; thick med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; price-clipped..... More
Pp. xxx+610, printed double column; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light bruise to fore-corner of lower board; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Cassell, London, 1994. New edition. *Originally published in 1992 as Brewer's Names. 'Includes place-names from around the world; first names, surnames and trade names; names of..... More
Pen Pictures of the People Behind our Language. With illustrations by John Nicolson. Pp. 176(mostly printed double column), text illustrations, index; boards slightly faded at edges, the top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; free..... More
A dictionary of Australianisms on historical principles. Pp. xvi+814, select bibliography; thick demy 4to; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. More
One man, one year, 21,730 pages. Pp. xvi+224(last blank), further reading; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; title page faintly soiled on reverse; Viking, Melbourne, 2008. First Australian edition. *'Filled with lexicographical revelations and miscellaneous marginalia' [wrapper blurb]. More
A popular guide to words in the news. Pp. xii+322; med. 8vo; slight bruise at head of spine; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle creased and split; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991. First edition. *'Spin doctor, fun run, insider trading, genetic fingerprinting, thirtysomething, designer water, liposuction, Cablevision, gentrification, intifada..... More
Pp. 88, indices; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip browned; bookplate on upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves faintly foxed; James Bennett, Sydney, 1966. First Australian edition. The Readers Guide series. *'The aim of this work..... More