About this title: The author of the widely acclaimed book about good words, A Dictionary Of Euphemisms And Other Doubletalk, returns with the other side of the story in this witty, anecdote-filled guide to the many bad words with which the English language is blessed.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown
Date Published: 1989-11-12
ISBN-13:9780517573341ISBN:0517573342
Description: Very Good- Format: Hardcover. Year: 1989. Very Good Minus. Hard Cover with Jacket. Ex-Library with usual markings, otherwise very good. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Crown Publishers, Inc, 1989, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Wicked Words" is a tresury of curses, insults, put-downs, and other formerly unprintable terms from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. 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
Edition: First
Binding: HB
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780517573341ISBN:0517573342
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 435pp, no illustrations; covers are pea green with black back strip, small spot on front cover, spine is black with pea green lettering; DJ is black with red and white, spine is black with red; pages are clean except for front end which has inked signature and back end page has a wrinkle. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Crown Publishers, New York, New York, U.S. A
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780517573341ISBN:0517573342
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First printing. AS NEW IN BRIGHT, CRISP DUST JACKET. Cloth, 435 pps. Now classic excursion into the dark side of the English language which traces the origin, use and abuse of words of insult, ethnic slurs, and the great and infamous Anglo Saxon four-letter words. Organized in dictionary format. Great reference and highly entertaining. Rather scarce in first edition and collectible condition. read more
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