A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present
by Trench, Richard Chenevix
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1879. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged, 16mo, pp. xii, 309, [3]; original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine, black glazed endpapers; spine cracked with loss to head and foot; contemporary bookplate on front pastedown, additional owner inscription on half title page; textblock mostly fine. Kennedy 1805 and1809.
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- Title
- A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present
- Author
- Trench, Richard Chenevix
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Semantics , English , ,
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