Mend Your Speech: One Thousand Hints on Words Their Use and Abuse
by Frank H. Vizetelly
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New
- Seller
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Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York - London: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1920. Hardcover. As New. 3 1/2 x 6 1/4. This book is 'as new', clean unmarked not bumped etc! Brown cloth boards (not softbound). SEE PHOTOS A fun book to read, for example: " YES. The correct pronunciation of this little word puts the stamp of culture upon the person who uses it. Never say 'yep, yeh, yah, yis, etc. - they are all vulgarisms." (How about YIPPER used here in Pennsylvania?)
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Details
- Bookseller
- You Little Dickens (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 071812a0010
- Title
- Mend Your Speech: One Thousand Hints on Words Their Use and Abuse
- Author
- Frank H. Vizetelly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Funk and Wagnalls Company
- Place of Publication
- New York - London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Pages
- 48
- Keywords
- General
Terms of Sale
You Little Dickens
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
You Little Dickens
Biblio member since 2014
Milwaukie, Oregon
About You Little Dickens
I retired in late 2011 and have been selling vintage and antique books from my home in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
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