MOORE, JOHN - You English Words: A Book About Them

New York: A Delta Book / Dell Publishing Co, Inc, 1965. Softcover. Per the back cover, this work ".is a book about the fun, the excitement, the adventure and discovery that the author, as writer and reader, finds in his encounters with the English language." He explores, with wit and humor, various quirks of the language, as well as some specific words, such as "floccipaucinilihilipilification", the longest word in the O.E.D. --- In black wraps with a collage of words to cover. --- The tail of the spine is scuffed and torn, pages somewhat browned; volume is otherwise intact and tightly bound.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 254 pages. Fair .

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