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Why Do We Say It: The Stories Behind the Words, Expressions and Cliches We Use
by Oppel, Frank [ed.]
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1555210104
- ISBN 13
- 9781555210106
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York.: Castle Books, 1985. Hardcover, bright red boards in original bright yellow dust-jacket. 286pp., First edition. Organized in alphabetical format beginning with "A 1" and ending with "Zest". A fascinating etomolgical compendium of words and phrases, simply written and presented. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, crisp copy. Unread. An as new copy in an as new dust-jacket.. First Edition. Boards. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006424
- Title
- Why Do We Say It: The Stories Behind the Words, Expressions and Cliches We Use
- Author
- Oppel, Frank [ed.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1555210104
- ISBN 13
- 9781555210106
- Publisher
- Castle Books
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Language, Idioms
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Great Expectations Rare Books
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- Crisp
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- First Edition
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