The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

ISBN 10: 0231069901 / ISBN 13: 9780231069908

Published by Columbia University Press April 1989, 1989

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Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. binding is tight and square. Trivisl shelving wear. Seller Inventory # 301938

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Publisher: Columbia University Press April 1989

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis:

Ranging over the globe and over the centuries, here is a sparkling collection of over 6,000 remarks and witticisms, judgements and observations on all the topics you are likely to want a quotation on. The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations contains surprises of pithy wit, asides of originality and insight, as well as phrases chosen simply for the elegance and evocativeness of their expression. Love and marriage, death and religion, food and drunkenness: all the eternal concerns are here- as well as a host of issues more particular to our time. As varied as the topics they comment on are the people the editor has found as his sources- from Aristotle to Mae West, from St. Augustine to Oscar Wilde, from Budha to Virginia Woolf.

About the Author:

Robert Andrews: a writer and a journalist living in Bristol, England, has been a collector of quotations for many years. Andrews is also co-author ofThe Real Guide to Sicily and is a contributor of travel pieces to numerous newspapers, magazines, and travel books.