Author: METCALF, FRED (COMPILED BY)
Title: The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations
Description: London, Viking. 1987. (ISBN: 067080035x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy apart from a small bump to one corner and which has age toning to pages with a VG dustjacket. A marvellous thesaurus of wit, the first of it's kind since 1949, catalogues the best of such diverse epigrammatic intelligences as Oscar Wilde, Woody Allen, Dorothy Parker, Evelyn Waugh et al. Arranged thematically and a boon to the after dinner speaker or anyone who wants to employ wity quotes. NOT BOOK CLUB B2A. Very Good/Very Good.

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