The Game of Words
by ESPY, Willard R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0517177846
- ISBN 13
- 9780517177846
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bramhall House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hard Cover. 0517177846 . From the jacket flap: "Infinitely varied examples of the agony, ecstasy, freakishness and fun of the English language which will warm the hearts, prick the minds and stir the risibilities of rhymesters, punsters, scholars, schoolboys, slangers, wallflowers, wits and wordgamers." The author has a lot of fun showing the reader the many ways wordplay can be used in the English language, with dozens of riddles, puzzles and other word-related fun. --- In full tan leather-look paper-covered boards. Titling to spine in blue foil, wrapped in typographic jacket. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy without visible damages. Excellent jacket with tear and crease to top edge of front cover, else undamaged and protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall) ; 279 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41245
- Title
- The Game of Words
- Author
- ESPY, Willard R
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517177846
- ISBN 13
- 9780517177846
- Publisher
- Bramhall House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 0517177846
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Books About Books and Words;
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