A book of English idioms with explanations

by V. H. Collins

$45 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956 . First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, 1 , 258; a fine copy in orig. green cloth gilt and a very good dust jacket marred only by a few chips out at spine ends and some soiling to back panel, not price clipped. The idioms explained--1,015 of them--are preceded by a numbered, alphabetically arranged key and followed by an index to supplementary words contained in the idioms. A well-organized and useful book. Item #26185

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