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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561107984676 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR569 (31) |
| Category: |
Languages & Writing World History |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
BLOOMERS, BIROS and WELLINGTON BOOTS: How the Names Became the Words
by Andrew Sholl
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 1854796429
Format: small hardcover
Published: Past Times 1996, 1st edition
Pages: 180
SKU: A5/2004/U427
ABOUT
Behind so many words we use without thinking are real people with a story to tell. Who Incented what? Whose outrageous behaviour made their name a byword? Whose eccentric clothing is remembered in garmets we wear? Whose names do we eat, sit on, kill, communicate amd make music with?
This fascinating compendium contains the most familiar and more unusual eponyms as well as the stories that surround them.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome drawings.
CONDITION
Immaculate with light handling wear and minor spotting. Images depict all need to know detail.
LEADING VINTAGE BOOKSHOP SINCE 1989
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