Mrs. Parkinson's law, and other studies in domestic science, by C. Northcote Parkinson. Illustrated with drawings by Robert C. Osborn
by Parkinson, Cyril Northcote
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair+
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First Printing c. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair+. Signed. Pretty gray cloth boards with black cartoon on front and black and white titling on a little bit faded spine. Signed on dark orange endpaper; ffep top corner is clipped. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. Bright yellow pictorial DJ with white spine is edgeworn and rubbed, with a scar from a sticker on front and a price sticker on back, and tiny tears to back corners. 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'Housewives (and prospective housewives) of America, you cannot afford to be without this book. Knowledge is power, and the knowledge imparted here will give you power not only over husband and children, but also over friends, neighbors, inanimate objects and a malignant fate. And by the way, men, better take a look at it yourself, if only in self-defense.' (-from the endflap). Illustrated with B&W cartoons. Marriage--Humor, Families--Humor
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- Quadrant Book Mart (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14221
- Title
- Mrs. Parkinson's law, and other studies in domestic science, by C. Northcote Parkinson. Illustrated with drawings by Robert C. Osborn
- Author
- Parkinson, Cyril Northcote
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Fair+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing c
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 208
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
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