Basics: an i-can-read book for grownups
by Merriam, Eve
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG-: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, boards slightly bowed, staining to paste downs, text clean, binding tight./DJ G+: rubbing, chipping, age toning, NOT clipped ($2.50)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1962. first edition. hardcover. Book VG-: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, boards slightly bowed, staining to paste downs, text clean, binding tight./DJ G+: rubbing, chipping, age toning, NOT clipped ($2.50). Osborn, Robert. 8vo 85pp. stated first printing. from front flap: "Basics--prosy little poems that cut their way through the rain forests of convention down to the bedrock of fact. Children have to be taught the meaning of common words and phrases, and adults can do with a refresher course too." satirical take on a learn to read book, for adults. #01492.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1428
- Title
- Basics
- Author
- Merriam, Eve
- Illustrator
- Osborn, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG-: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, boards slightly bowed, staining to paste downs, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ G+: rubbing, chipping, age toning, NOT clipped ($2.50)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- humor, adults, satire, first edition, reading
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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