Why You Say It
by Garrison, Webb B. ; Illustrated by Henry R. Martin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Abingdon Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. Book is solid and clean in green cloth boards; very light soiling at edges of boards. Price-clipped dust jacket has chips at edges and one closed tear that has been tape-repaired. Some tape reinforcement at spine as well. The book tells the stories behind more than 700 everyday words and phrases. 448 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. .
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- Bookseller
- KULTURAs books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 77115
- Title
- Why You Say It
- Author
- Garrison, Webb B. ; Illustrated by Henry R. Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Abingdon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- English Language
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