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Funk & Wagnalls. paperback. Good. 0x0x0.

NY: Funk & Wagnalls. Very Good. 1922. Paperback. ������������� . Paperback. 30 pp; 16mo; 40 pages .

Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922. Paperback. Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

NY: Funk & Wagnalls Company (1922). 16mo; cloth backed stiff pictorial covers; softcover; 39 pages; advertising for other reference books on inside of covers; lightly edgeworn covers else a very good clean tight copy.

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

New. .

New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Good. 1922. Pamphlet. Pamphlet 39 Pages; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922. Toned, wrappers chipped.. First edition of a pocket-sized booklet of mispronunciations, misnomers, and vulgarisms to avoid in the English language. The author's personal views often permeate the entries to great comedic effect, such as in the entry for "flapper": "A very immoral young girl in her early teens" (p. 16). "Lady" is described as "a term insisted upon by a class of persons that does not appreciate the true worth of the word woman, [and] is avoided by all women of good breeding" (p. 23). Classism is rife within the booklet; it is clearly marketed towards people who would like to be perceived as more educated or sophisticated by others. It includes the following quote from English poet Alfred Austin on the final page: "Words should drop from the lips as beautiful coins newly issued from the mint, deeply and accurately impressed, perfectly finished, neatly struck by the proper organs, distinct, sharp, in due succession and of due weight". 12mo (6.25" by… Ler mais