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Unicorn Books, 2009. Paperback. New.
METAPHORS : An Annotated Dictionary. A Concise Overview of 3800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions Normally Used Subconsciously by Renton, N. E - 1990
by Renton, N. E
METAPHORS : An Annotated Dictionary. A Concise Overview of 3800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions Normally Used Subconsciously
by Renton, N. E
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Schwartz & Wilkinson, 1990. 549pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, mildly browned, soft corner creases. Printed card wrapper moderately edgeworn, with soft corner creases, several faint marks. "The modern English language is remarkably full of metaphors. This book discusses the subject in some detail and includes a dictionary of metaphors, a thematic section and a thesaurus. It contains some 14,000 alphabetical entries listing over 3,800 different metaphors commonly found in current use and setting out their meanings in an easily-read style . . . " Book weight approx. 485g. . First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
- Bookseller Diversity Books, IOBA (AU)
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 1863370196
- ISBN 13 9781863370196
- Publisher Schwartz & Wilkinson
- Place of Publication Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Date Published 1990
- Keywords English Language, Etymology, Metaphor, Terms and Phrases
- Size 8vo