An Almanac of Words at Play.
by Espy, Willard R
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- Hardcover
- first
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1975. Early printing of Espy's work on wit in wordplay. Quarto, bound in half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red spine labels, marbled endpapers. Presentation copy, from the library of Jonathan Goodman with his embossed library stamp to the front free endpaper. Enclosed is a typed letter signed by the author to the recipient date March 7, 1977 in the original envelope. The letter reads in part, "First time any correspondent has mentioned giving the Almanac the leather treatment. Next time I'm in London I must call to learn whether you really did it...Sincerely, Willard R. Espy." In near fine condition. A nice association with noted provenance. American editor, poet, and philologist Willard Richardson Espy became the best-known collector of and commentator on word play of his time, publishing numerous books and articles on language and history. An Almanac of Words at Play was honored at the Governor's Writers Day Awards and became a national bestseller. Espy's light verse has been compared to that of Lewis Carroll, W. S. Gilbert, Ogden Nash and Cole Porter.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95845
- Title
- An Almanac of Words at Play.
- Author
- Espy, Willard R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Clarkson N. Potter, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- An Almanac of Words at Play, Willard R. Espy
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled boards
- ...