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A charm of names
Bodley Head
1972
An exploration of the sources and history of selected British given names.
An exaltation of larks, or, The venereal game
Angus and Robertson
1968
A compilation of collective nouns.
Having the last word
Jonathan Cape
1950
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
I break my word
Jonathan Cape
1951
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
I give you my word
Jonathan Cape
1945
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
Just another word
Jonathan Cape
1945
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
Oddities and curiosities of words and literature
Dover Publications, Inc.
1961
A selection of poetic and prose recreations.
Say the word
Jonathan Cape
1947
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
Something about words
John Murray
1935
A linguistic miscellany drawn from lectures and papers.
What a word! Being an account of the principles and progress of 'The Word War' conducted in 'Punch', to the great improvement and delight of the people, and the lasting benefit of the King's English, with many ingenious exercises
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
1935
A discussion of the use, and misuse, of words based on articles that appeared in Punch.
A word in your ear
Jonathan Cape
1943
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
A word in your ear
Hamish Hamilton
1983
A discussion of how language altered in the Seventies.
Words fail me
Hamish Hamilton
1980
An analysis of how the meaning of certain words changed in the Seventies.
Words in our time
Jonathan Cape
1958
An anthology of words, with quotations to show their beauty, strangeness, or absurdity.
