Holt, Alfred H.

Phrase Origins: A Study in Familiar Expressions.

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, very good + cloth hardcover shows touch of soil at page edges and endpapers and some other very light trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows soiling and edgewear that includes wrinkles and short closed tears at top edge. 326 pages followed by a bibliography. Still an attractive copy in jacket that discusses "the origin of several thousand words and phrases..." Very Good in Very Good DJ. Item #26279

Price: $15.00