Item Tag : Vocabulary

Word Wealth HC Ward S. Miller Henry Holt 1939 Vocabulary Textbook

« Word Wealth » by Ward S. Miller is a vintage hardcover textbook from 1939 published by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. It is a vocabulary text specifically aimed at young adults, focusing on education and English language skills. The book is designed to enrich vocabulary through engaging narrative and informative content, making it a valuable resource for those looking to expand their language abilities in the 1930s era. Antique in very good condition! Pages are clean and smooth! Beautiful piece of nostalgia! Happy Bidding!

McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback

McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book includes a pictorial alphabet plus 248 individual lessons on spelling, grammar, pronunciation, abbreviation, usage and more. This 1879 revised edition conforms to Webster’s International Dictionary, and associates each lesson with some principle of sound, meaning, or accent. The McGuffey Readers are among the best known schoolbooks in the history of American education, having sold more than 120 million copies since the time of their first publication in 1836.

An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition – Illustrated 336 pages

This linguistics reference book titled « An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition » is a must-have for persons who are interested in improving their vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation. The book, written by James Lipton and published by Penguin Publishing Group in 1993, with illustrations and 336 pages of linguistic parodies and general information. The book is a Uk-B format paperback with a length of 9 inches, a width of 6 inches, and a height of 0.9 inches. It weighs 13 oz and has no signs of wear and tear, making it a perfect addition to your book collection. The book is suitable for anyone interested in language arts and disciplines, humor, and linguistics topics. For those who have wondered if the familiar “pride of lions” and “gaggle of geese” were merely the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided a definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, often poetic terms he has unearthed and collected into one exhaustive volume. Over years of painstaking research, he embarked on an odyssey that has given us a “slouch of models,” a “shrivel of critics,” an “unction of undertakers,” a “blur of Impressionists,” a “score of bachelors,” a “pocket of quarterbacks,” and many more.A gifted name is written to the previous owner.Your book is tightly bound, plastic-wrapped & boxed for mailing. Thank you,safariland2013