The Play Of Words: Fun And Games For Language Lovers (HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)

Lederer, Richard

ISBN 10: 0671689088 / ISBN 13: 9780671689087

Published by Pocket Books, New York, U S A, 1990

About this Item

NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on front endpaper. Illustrated with line-drawings by Bernie Cootner. A useful and entertaining reference and history of the origins of words and phrases. Some spotting to edges; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

Seller Inventory # 14060

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Play Of Words: Fun And Games For Language Lovers (HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
• Publisher: Pocket Books, New York, U S A
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671689088
• ISBN 13: 9780671689087
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Bernie Cootner
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Education
  • Reference

About this title

Synopsis

Offers a collection of word games--from the easy to the mind-boggling--designed to entertain, challenge, and inform language lovers

From the Publisher

Games for language lovers: learn and have fun
In this book I've created a sequence of games that all teach the reader something about language, from how we get our idioms and expressions from the land and the sea to Inky Pinky and Fictionary to how classical roots combine to form English words. No jumblewords or scramblegrams here -- all the games raise the reader's knowledge of our marvelous English language. All answers are in the book.