The folk and their word-lore. An essay on popular etymologies

by A. Smythe Palmer

$40 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: George Routledge; New York: Dutton, 1904. First edition, sm 8vo, pp. viii, 194, endpapers toned, some light edgewear, else very good in orig. blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. On the courrupting influence on English by its native speakers, verbal corruptions, and folk and popular etymology. Item #46041

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