1958-1965 Modern English Structure by Barbara M. H. Strang The Philosophy of Grammar by Otto Jespersen An Outline of English Phonetics by Daniel Jones A Grammar of Metaphor by Christine Brooke-Rose The Latin Language by L. R. Palmer Literary Language and Its Public In Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages by Erich Auerbach

Description

Original Binding, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper

A fascinating collection of titles from prolific and respected linguistics and philologists, in excellent condition, all in original, unclipped dust wrappers.

Includes titles by writers such as Christine Brooke-Rose, seen here in her role as a literary critic, who was known for her experimental fiction, and who assisted in war-time translation at Bletchley Park; L. R. Palmer, an author and philologist whose linguistic knowledge was also employed at Bletchley Park's Hut Four; and Otto Jespersen, a Danish linguist, whose 1924 title, included here in its 1963 edition, makes for a 'perceptive' and 'entertaining' read.

Of the collection, the first three volumes contain occasional vignette illustrations and diagrams, with vol 3, Daniel Jones' 'An Outline of English Phonetics', also featuring a monochrome frontispiece.