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THE CABINET OF LINGUISTIC CURIOSITIES; A Yearbook of Forgotten Words
by Anthony, Jones Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 022664670X
- ISBN 13
- 9780226646701
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Like New/Like New. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with gilt embellishments and tiny butterfly, pale-green endpapers, 376 pages. EXCELLENT as NEW condition. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9591
- Title
- THE CABINET OF LINGUISTIC CURIOSITIES; A Yearbook of Forgotten Words
- Author
- Anthony, Jones Paul
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 022664670X
- ISBN 13
- 9780226646701
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 2019
- Keywords
- language, vocabulary, slang, technical terms, humor,
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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