Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable - New & Revised Edition
by Ivor H Evans, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0304307068
- ISBN 13
- 9780304307067
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
£7.50£6.00
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About This Item
London: Cassell Publishers Ltd, 1987 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised and updated edition of the classic reference work with hundreds of new entries. 1213pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and monor rubbing to lower corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some edge and surface wear, with small nicks to corners, otherwise good. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage required for Air Mail shipping..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014866
- Title
- Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable - New & Revised Edition
- Author
- Ivor H Evans, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0304307068
- ISBN 13
- 9780304307067
- Publisher
- Cassell Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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