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A Dictionary of Yddish Slang and Idioms
by Kogos, Fred
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
1967. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. A big, useful, happy, & sometimes riotously funny collection of colloquialisms, proverbs, curses, obscenities, & ribald expressions" in Yiddish, presented for the first time in transliterated phonetic form.In 167 pp. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1967, this hardcover 8vo has blue paper over boards lettered in black to spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean & unmarked, marred only by heavy foxing to all outside page edges. The unclipped DJ is only Good, with significant rubbing to extremities, including some wrinkling & chipping to bottom edge & some holes along DJ flaps; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023291
- Title
- A Dictionary of Yddish Slang and Idioms
- Author
- Kogos, Fred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- Date Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 344
- Keywords
- yiddish jew jewish judaism language expressions linguistics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / Judaica/Holocaust Studies; Language-Linguistics-Semiotics;
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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