Robinson, Ian
The Survival of English; Essays in Criticism of Language
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 1973
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Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($11.95 and £3.50), lightly rubbed at the edges. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's names on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Robinson's analysis of the language of England's religion, politics, serious journalism, love, and literature. "It is an uncomfortable book, and meant to be."
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