Latin for All Occasions / Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus
by BEARD, Henry / Henricus Barbatos Scripsit
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0002559412
- ISBN 13
- 9780002559416
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Past Times, 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 91pp. Line drawings. Very good/near fine. Inoffensive smudge at spine tail; usual faint textblock age toning. A tight and nice first edition of this tongue-in-cheek how-to. "From cocktail-party chitchat to bumper stickers to personal ads," notes front jacket panel, "everything you'll ever need to say in perfect Latin!
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47334
- Title
- Latin for All Occasions / Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus
- Author
- BEARD, Henry / Henricus Barbatos Scripsit
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0002559412
- ISBN 13
- 9780002559416
- Publisher
- Past Times
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Ancient World;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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