Isbn: 9780901824653 - scots saws, from the folk wisdom of scotland (16 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Endpapers foxed. Dust Jacket sunned. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Great Britain; Scotland; ISBN: 0901824658. ISBN/EAN: 9780901824653. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24086.…

hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 8vo pp92 F-/F- The author was a Reader at Glasgow University. Fine text-block and cloth binding, but one corner knock so near Fine overall.

Hardback. Condición: Used: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good. Little crease. Clean pages.

1st.ed. End papers & page fore-edge lightly foxed; binding tight; dust jacket faded. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good price-clipped dust jacket.

1st.ed. Dust jacket front panel faded. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition, 8vo, 92pp, VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ minimally sunned at spine Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. H/B 92 pages, condition is very good. A proverb is essentially a social phenomenon, a part of the oral tradition of a community like its ballads, folk-tales, fables, nursery rhymes, local legends and so on, handed down by word of mouth from one generation to the next: the business of a proverb is to inculcate the wisdom which the community has learned from its communal living over the centuries: they form a folk philosophy of truisms which are a substitute among the unsophisticated for metaphysical argument. Proverbs can of course be contradictory, according as circumstances alter and the speaker's point of view varies. So we are told on the one hand that "Absence makes the heart grow fonder", and on the other "Out of sight, out of mind". Popular wisdom is invarably empirical, pragmatic, and opportunist, like that of the man whose advice to his son was, "Honesty's the best policy - I've tried baith".…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Tight clean copy in almost as new condition. Wrapped in tissue, bubble wrap and inserted into jiffy bag. Posted daily from UK, first class within UK and airmail world-wide.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Fine condition, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Scots Saws: From the folk-wisdom of Scotland by David Murison. 1981. Hardback. Book in very good condition. Jacket in good condition - bumped to edges and some scratches to surface of jacket. Jacket has not been price clipped. Clean throughout.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. A hardback volume in Very Good condition, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…

Hardback. Hardback. 92pp. Delightful book of Scots' proverbs which contain all the wit, folk wisdom and inherent contradictions you would expect. A-Z compendium plus highly readable introduction, a note on informal expressions of greeting, and a short collection of English sayings with their equivalent in Scots. Dust wrapper is very lightly sunned to edges and has a few finger marks to orange areas. Very slightly bumped to top of spine. Dust wrapper is lightly rubbed. Near fine copy in very good dust wrapper.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 240 grams.