The Meaning Of Liff

by Lloyd, Douglas Adams and John

The Meaning of Liff is a humorous dictionary of toponomy and etymology, written by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd, published in the United Kingdom in 1983, and the USA in 1984. It is a "dictionary of things that there aren't any words for yet"; all the words listed are place names, and describe common feelings and objects for which there is no current English word.

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The Meaning of Liff

The Meaning of Liff

by Adams, Douglas & John Lloyd

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First US Edition
Published
1984
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Hardcover
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9780517553473
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New York: Harmony Books (Crown), 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow boards, red foil titles on spine, red endpapers, [v], 122 pp, index. Faintly musty. DJ a bit wrinkled along top edge; in Brodart archival cover. This surprisingly scarce title by the author of A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy… Read more about this item
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The Fan Man

The Fan Man

by Kotzwinkle, William

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1st Edition 3rd Printing
Published
1974
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Soft cover
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Avon Books (Equinox), 1974. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. A clean tight copy of the third printing of the original edition of the saga of Horse Badorties. Not quite as-new -- it has been read, but carefully, so the spine is still tight -- corners square, about as nice a copy as one is… Read more about this item
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