Word Mysteries and Histories

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1986)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of 500-600 sources of common words, compiled by the editors of The American Heritage Dictionaries. Foreword by Robert Claiborne, and with illustrations by Barry Moser. Sunning to spine; near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

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Title

Word Mysteries and Histories

Binding

Softcover

Condition

Near Fine

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin: Boston

Date

(1986)

Edition

First Edition

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