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Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language
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Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language Cloth - 1978

by Funk, Wilfred

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  • Hardcover

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New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1978 "The life stories of thousands of words." Condition notes - 432 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; a.e. tanned, t.e. foxed, gift inscription inked to ffep. Cover: burgundy, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, pinhole to front board near b.e. crnr. DJ: unclipped, glossy white, black/brown titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear w/ tiny teat and faint dampstain to tail and front b.e.
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  • Title Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language
  • Author Funk, Wilfred
  • Binding Cloth
  • Edition 3rd Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bell Publishing Company, New York
  • Date 1978
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 034783
  • ISBN 9780517265741 / 0517265745
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.5 in (23.37 x 16.00 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects English language - Etymology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 78010169
  • Dewey Decimal Code 422

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