About this title: A completely new companion volume to John Ciardi's bestselling Browser's Dictionaries, which have sold over 75,000 copies in hardcover alone. This contains hundreds of stories, legends, facts and fallacies about words and phrases, their origins and their mysteries.
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Description: Good. 0060156910 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: First edition. First printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780060156916ISBN:0060156910
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Book is clean without marks or tears, pages tight and straight. Dust jacket has slight shelf-wear and the binding is separating at the first page and cover. Still holding well. Some yellowing with age. read more
Description: Good/Very Good hard cover. 8vo, cloth, 343pp. edgewear, scratches, yellowing, price clipped, dust jacket. maybe bookclub. text tanning, clean and tight. foxing end pages. scratches back cover. ref. read more
Description: Good/Very Good hard cover. 8vo, cloth, 343pp. edgewear, rubbing, scuffing, dust jacket. text tanned and clean. stress at gutter front end and following page, slight cock. reference. read more
Description: Good+/Very Good hard cover. 8vo, cloth, 343pp. edgewear, scratches, light yellowing back, rubbing, dust jacket. text tanning, clean and tight. ref. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780060156916ISBN:0060156910
Description: Good. Used Condition-GOOD can be a well cared for Book that is in great condition to a Book that may show some signs of wear. GOOD Books sometimes are permanently marked; have some spine or page creases; exibit signs of aging or an ExLibrary copy. ** Sometimes grease pencil or permanent marking on cover. May contain limited notes and or highlighting. 100% Satisfaction guaranteed on all purchases. ** SHIPS FROM USA-Domestic Delivery takes 5-14 days ** read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780060156916ISBN:0060156910
Description: Good in Very Good jacket. Pages heavily toned with some spotting on pages. Dust jacket has minimal shelf wear with tiny creasing near edges. " 'Grant language, ' John Ciardi says, ' the ability to take off and fly with out being licensed by literal fact. ' This exhilarating view of language-ours in particular-pervades Ciardi's ebullient inquiry into the sources and correct employment of hundreds of idioms, words, phrases, from 'Abyssinia' (I'll be seein' ya) to 'yo, ' from 'barbecue' to ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780060156916ISBN:0060156910
Description: Good+ in Good+ jacket. Reference Pages are clean, unmarked. DJ is clean, price has been clipped. Both have some age-discoloration. This is a first edition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper and Row, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780060156916ISBN:0060156910
Description: Near Very Good in Very Good jacket. Between 9 and 10 inches Tall. Very Good (paper yellowed on edges, because of type of paper used; else a tight clean copy) in VG dj. read more
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