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Empson, William. Seven Types of Ambiguity. Chatto and Windus, London, U.K., 1930.

Price: US$124.11 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: No dust jacket. Hardcover. Penned dedication on front endpaper. Boards and spine are rather faded and grubby. Small abrasion to upper edge of front board. Minor dent to leading edge of back board. Small tear to left side of spine foot. Spine ends are worn and frayed. Minor wear to leading corners. Very small mark on rear pastedown. Page block and pages are rather sunned. One or two small marks on first two or three pages. Binding appears relatively sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF

Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom

William Empson. Seven Types of Ambiguity [&] The Structure of Complex Words. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.

Price: US$142.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition & reprint (pub. 1930 & 1964 respectively). 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth gilt, extremities a little worn, very light fading to spine, bookseller's description pasted in, else a smart copy, a first edition of a landmark work of twentieth-century criticism, accompanied by another work from the author, this a little foxed to margins. Related news clippings loosley inserted, and both with the same ex libris plate to paste-downs, both being sold together. Sir William Empson (1906-1984) is considered one of the most influential literary critics of modern times. 325; 452pp.

Seller: B. B. Scott, Fine Books (PBFA), London, UK, United Kingdom

EMPSON, William.. Seven Types of Ambiguity.. Chatto and Windus, London, 1930.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: 325 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition, second binding (titled in white). Small ink ownership signature; slight use to extremities and slight tanning to endsheets; otherwise a nice copy in a stained jacket with a few short closed tears and small chips. Errata slip tipped in.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.