Description: Up for sale is a 1984 1st Edition/1st Printing copy of "THE TRANSITIVE VAMPIRE" by Karen Elizabeth Gordon.Karen Elizabeth Gordon is no ordinary grammarian, and her works (including The New Well-Tempered Sentence, Torn Wings and Faux Pas, and The Disheveled Dictionary) — are no ordinary books of grammar. The 1984 classic, The Transitive Vampire is populated by a wickedly decadent cast of gargoyles, mastodons, murderous debutantes, and, yes, vampires (both transitive and otherwise), who cavort and consort in order to illustrate basic principles of grammar. The sentences are intoxicating — "How he loved to dangle his participles, brush his forelock off his forehead with his foreleg, and gaze into the aqueous depths" — but the rules and their explanations are as sound as any you might find in Strunk and White. Outlining the building blocks of the English language, from parts of speech to phrases and clauses, The Transitive Vampire goes on to exorcise such grammatical demons as passive voice, fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences. At last, a handbook of grammar you will actually want to read.This book is in very good condition. Rubbing/shelf wear to the jacket around the edges, corners and at the top/bottom of the spine panel. Some rubbing/toning/shelf wear to the front/rear jacket panels as well as along the spine panel. Boards are straight and clean with some shelf wear to the edges and corners. The spine and pages are very tight. There are no other marks, tears, bookplates or writing in this book. Please review all photos for your best idea of the condition of this book. Shipping on this item will be $5.00.Thank you for looking.
Price: 75 USD
Location: Orting, Washington
End Time: 2025-01-22T01:33:07.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Times Books
Subject: Reference
Year Printed: 1984
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Writing
