Author: ERNST, MARGARET S. (AUTHOR); THURBER, JAMES (ILLUSTRATIONS)
Title: In a Word
Description: New York: Perennial Library / Harper & Row, 1989. Softcover. ISBN: 0060972300. A random collection of commonly- and not-so-commonly-used English words, with their derivations. The author explains their meanings with wit and humor; accompanied by the black & white illustrations of James Thurber, who supplies a preface. --- In softcover, with Thurber drawing to the cover. --- A sound copy: clean and tightly bound, though with somewhat tanned leaves.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 239 pages. Very Good .

Keywords: 0060972300 >>Books About Books and Words >>Humor, Puzzles, Diversions