Swinging the Lead and Spiking His Guns
by Castle Books
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0785816127
- ISBN 13
- 9780785816126
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Edison: Castle Books [0-7858-1612-7] 2002. (Hardcover) 190pp. Very good in near fine dust jacket. Illustrations. Page 123 is soiled. "Drawing on the language of the fighting man throughout the ages, this A-Z collection of popular idioms and turns of phrase delves into the origin and evolution of expressions now used in common language which came into being on the battlefield, the gun-deck, and more recently, in the air". (Language, Dictionaries, Jargon, Language, Military History, Naval Air Service, Reference, Slang).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154083
- Title
- Swinging the Lead and Spiking His Guns
- Author
- Castle Books
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0785816127
- ISBN 13
- 9780785816126
- Publisher
- Castle Books
- Place of Publication
- Edison
- This edition first published
- September 2002
- Keywords
- Language, Dictionaries, Jargon, Language, Military History, Naval Air Service, Reference, Slang
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2003
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Soiled
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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