MORRIS DICTIONARY OF WORD AND PHRASE ORIGINS
by MORRIS, WILLIAM & MARY..;..NEWMAN, EDWIN FOREWORD
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 006013058X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060130589
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About This Item
NY: Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. first edition"; 10987654321 pt line. Hardcover. 9.4 X 6.6 X 2.2 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(NOPR ICE) DUST JACKET,clean, solid, bright...DJ shows a bit wear head spine strip... ; GOLD SPINE TITLES ON DARK RED CLOTH HARD COVERS... WHITE ENDPAPERS..very nice copy,DJ INNER FLAP HAS 1X2" photo of both authors.. ; 654 pages; fascinating and little known stories behind thousands of words and phrases that we use every day. William and Mary Morris update and expand their classic work .
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- Bookseller
- Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133475
- Title
- MORRIS DICTIONARY OF WORD AND PHRASE ORIGINS
- Author
- MORRIS, WILLIAM & MARY..;..NEWMAN, EDWIN FOREWORD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition"; 10987654321 pt line
- ISBN 10
- 006013058X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060130589
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Folklore, Language, Slang, HISTORY Of Words, English AS She is spoke, Dictionary, Word Meanings
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