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Pears Book of Words: How we create, destroy, use and abuse them at work and at play.

The Author    Brandreth, Giles

The Title   Pears Book of Words: How we create, destroy, use and abuse them at work and at play.

The condition of the Book   Fine

The condition of the wrapper   Very Near Fine

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Pelham 1979

ISBN    072071186X / 9780720711868

Our reference number   524292

English is a constantly evolving language; the first half of this book documents this; the second half is a collection of word games, etymological teasers, acrostics, anagrams, malapropisms, mnemonics, puzzles and quizzes.

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Price = 9.50 GBP

 

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