Why We Say: a Guidebook to Current Idioms and Expressions and Where They Came From by Morgan, Robert L - 1953-01-01

Sterling Publishing Company, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Quick--Ship! Square, tight w/ sharp corners 1954 2nd Printing hardcover w/ ACCEPTABLE text block (outside page edges) because of one inch brownish water stain bottom foredge, ACCEPTABLE pages because front fly leaf missing and overall GOOD pages because of slight curl and stiffness at stain, otherwise clean and unmarked. Missing dust jacket. Front panel of cover/ wrap VERY GOOD because of whitish discolorations at bottom foredge corner near water stain/ text block and GOOD back panel of cover/ wrap because of light brownish stain at corner near spine, but in appearance overall about VERY GOOD. Most pages have 2 or 3 professional illustrations to explain the well written idioms and expressions w/ a good index and supplementary material. Interesting and unique. Ships within 24 hours--w/ tracking # and packaged w/ three levels of protection. (8e32)