GOOD ADVICE: More Than 2,000 Quotations to help You Live Your Life
by Safire, William; Safir, Leonard (Compilers)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0517084732
- ISBN 13
- 9780517084731
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New York, NY: Wings Books/Random House, 1992. First Edition, 7th Printing . Hardcover. New/New. Monic Sheehan (Illustrator). Text/NEW & Bright. 1992 First Edition, 7th Printing. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Treasury of some notable 2,000 quotations of advice, sayings, ancient & modern in source, compiled by two celebrated Romanian-American brothers --- William Safire (1929 - 2009) & older brother Leonard Safir ( - 1992). Younger William, Pulitzer Prize winning author, columnist, journalist, fascinated w/popular etymology of new & unusual usage, added an "e" to his surname for clarity of pronunciation. Older brother Leonard, feature writer for the Daily News, television producer leaving his mark on both NBC's "Today" & "Tonight" shows, is a "quotations anthologist" who chose to keep the original spelling of the family's last name. First published 1982 by Times Books; this is the 1992 Edition. Horace said: "Whatever advice you give, be short" as indeed this book exemplifies. 415 pgs, quotations arranged alphabetically by subject w/Index to rear.
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- Title
- GOOD ADVICE: More Than 2,000 Quotations to help You Live Your Life
- Author
- Safire, William; Safir, Leonard (Compilers)
- Illustrator
- Monic Sheehan (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 7th Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517084732
- ISBN 13
- 9780517084731
- Publisher
- Wings Books/Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 415
- Keywords
- Anthology, Advice, Guidance, Quotations, Maxims, Advice, Aphorisms
- Bookseller catalogs
- How-to; Philosophy;
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