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Human Words: The Compleat Unexpurgated, Uncomputerized Human Wordbook
by Hendrickson, Robert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0801956978
- ISBN 13
- 9780801956973
- Seller
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Chilton Book Company, 1972. CG2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with tape staining on the outside board surfaces and front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there is some light bumping with some creasing at about the middle of the top paper edges plus there is some light soiling on the outside paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the title page and back free endpaper. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of a patch of surface staining, light surface chipping, and rubbing on the spine from a library label plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges and right corners plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A reference book of about 3,500 words in the English language derived from actual persons. Bibliography, 342p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW09011
- Title
- Human Words: The Compleat Unexpurgated, Uncomputerized Human Wordbook
- Author
- Hendrickson, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801956978
- ISBN 13
- 9780801956973
- Publisher
- Chilton Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction Reference English Language Word History Word Definition Word Histories Word Definitions Kilroy Sad Sack Biography Biographies Eponymous Words Collection Collections Eponym Eponyms Bobby Bowdlerize Cardigan Guillotine Quisling Sadism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Language & Linguistics; Reference / Specialized Dictionaries; Reference / Biographical Dictionaries; Language & Linguistics / English; Reference / Dictionaries;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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La Porte, Texas
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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