Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities Tapa dura - 1966

Gale / Cengage Learning, 1966. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Republished by Gale /Cengage Learning, Detroit, 1966. First Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, 1893. Hardcover Book without Dust Jacket. Retired School Library Book in Good Condition. Blue cloth binding, black title panel on spine with gilt titles.Clean with two very small whitish lines, corners sharp, solid and tight sewn binding, red/gold endbands. Front loose endpaper missing. Remainder marks on text block edges. Internals completely clean and unmarked--no underlining, no hjghlighting, no creasing. Nice solid, clean volume. Alphabetical list of unusual usage, expressions, idioms, aphorisms and explanation....'Straw that breaks the camel's back', 'Beauty is only skin-deep', 'The lion's share, 'A Pretty Kettle of Fish', 'Noblesse Oblige', 'Curiosities of Names', 'Eccentricities of Rhymes', and much more. 1104 pages. 8vo. Gale / Cengage Learning, 1966. ISBN10:… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.