Boston: Houghtom Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1961. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Stated first edition, first printing. Publisher's full black cloth, purple lettering on spine, purple vignette on cover, fore-edge deckle, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with B&W drawings and decoration by William Barss. Asimov explores the Greek myths to discover the roots of hundreds of words that have entered our daily language, and the results are fascinating. An index of mythological terms and an index of modern words that come from them make this book a useful reference as well as a unique retelling of the myths. . The volume is very lightly shelf-worn, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped ($3.00) dust jacket, now in Mylar, is very lightly worn at the head, heel and corners, else near fine. Scarce in thuis excellent condition. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. B&W drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vi), 225 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29412
Title: Words from the Myths
Author: Asimov, Isaac
Illustrator: William Barss
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghtom Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1961
Keywords: Language, Mythology, English Language, Greek Myths, Isaac Asimov
Bookseller catalogs: Religion & Mythology;

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