[Rarebooks] FS Fowler: Dictionary of Modern English Usage. 1926. UK.1st Edition

[Levant Books]

Dictionary of Modern English Usage. 1926. UK.1st Edition by H. W. Fowler

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press. London: Humphrey Milford. 1926.
First Edition. First edition, first printing.
Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and on the cover.
No dust jacket.
A near fine copy with slight toning to the endpapers and title page.
No foxing, stains, marks, repairs.
Spine is square and tight. Lightest of wear at the extremities. No bumps to the corners.

It has an inscription on the free front endpaper: " 15 Jan.,1927 / Laurence M. Crosbie / Exeter, N.H. / P.E.A."
Crosbie was an alum ('00) of Phillips Exeter Academy, an instructor in English at the school, and author of "The Phillips Exeter Academy: A History," (1923)

A style guide to British English usage, pronunciation and writing.

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Robert Azzi
Exeter NH