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The rhyming dictionary of the English language
by Dawson, Lawrence H Walker J;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/GD/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0710022476
- ISBN 13
- 9780710022479
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: revised and enlarged.* Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1969* Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul.* Binding and cover condition: Dark red cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs, minor shelf wear with considerable spotting overall. GD* Jacket condition: ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Gift dedication to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight age to all edges, no tanning. Rear hinge slightly tender. GD.* Illustrations: None* Pages: 549 pp. text. iv pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: The rhyming dictionary of The English Language in which the whole language is arranged according to its terminations. Originally published in 1775, this revised and enlarged edition was first published in 1924. The present copy is a 9th. reprint of the enlarged edition & was brought out in 1969.* A NEAR VG copy with some faults and dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2749
- Title
- The rhyming dictionary of the English language
- Author
- Dawson, Lawrence H Walker J;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/GD/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0710022476
- ISBN 13
- 9780710022479
- Publisher
- Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London UK 553
- Date Published
- 1969-01-01
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