Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
by Edited by Camilla Rockwood
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable - 18th Edition, Foreword by Philip Pullman, Edited by Camilla Rockwood. Brewer's an Imprint of Chambers Harrap Pubishers Ltd, United Kingdom, 2009. 1460 pgs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black boards, gilt spine titles, red endpapers. Unclipped dustjacket has the lightest of shelf wear; volume in mint condition without markings, tears or folds; appears unread. "This revised and expanded edition features hundreds of new entries on everything from blogs and designer babies to New York's mysterious sewer-dwelling alligators, as well as a selection of 'heritage entries' from a Victorian edition of Brewer's: see enchanted castles, magic garters and poison detectors. The sheer scope of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, together with its delightful mix of scholarship and eccentricity, makes it a must for every 21st-century bookshelf."
A heavy book requiring additional postage.
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- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2080
- Title
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
- Author
- Edited by Camilla Rockwood
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYTHHOLGY AND FOLK TALES; ART, REFERENCE, COOKING AND HOME; LITERATURE;
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