University slang

by Morris Marples

$50 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Williams & Norgate Ltd, 1950 . First edition, 12mo, pp. vi, 187; original yellow cloth, unclipped blue printed dust jacket; 2017 presentation on front free endpaper else near fine throughout. The book deals with the distinctive speech of the universities of England--the slang, the humorous coinages and other peculiarities of idioms employed by undergraduates over a period of centuries... jacket blurb . Item #60203

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