A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

by H. W. Fowler

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First edition

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

• Printing: first

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