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The state of language: PB 156-2004

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The state of language

Maker(s)

Author: Cooke, Alistair
Publisher: Bodley Head
Printer: Stellar Press

Categories

Description

17, [4] p ; 19 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London
  • Hatfield (Herts) ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1984

Note

"The State of Language will be published ... in 1985 in Alistair Cooke's The Patient Has the Floor. This extract is printed in an edition of 250 copies by the Stellar Press, Hatfield, for private distribution by the author and the publisher, December 1984 "--Colophon. Sewn in white card cover with illustrated white paper dust-jacket

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 156-2004
Primary reference Number: 118582
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The state of language" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118582 Accessed: 2024-04-16 20:18:15

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