Everyman's Dictionary of Quotations and Proverbs
by Browning, D. C. (editor)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1956. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 766pp. includes Index. Cloth worn at spine tips. Ffep has p/o details in blue ink with two lines struck out. Several tiny spots to fore edge of closed pages. Contents clean.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Title
- Everyman's Dictionary of Quotations and Proverbs
- Author
- Browning, D. C. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Literature Quotations Proverbs Language Grammar Reference
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- Jacket
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- Fore Edge
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
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