Author: LEDERER, RICHARD
Title: The Word Circus: A Letter-Perfect Book (Lighter Side of Language Series)
Description: Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 0877793549. Illustrated by Dave Morice. B & W ; 7 1/4 x 71/4"; xiii, 295 pages; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE, BY AUTHOR. Hard cover has red spine with gold lettering. Slight rubbing to covers. DJ has faint rubbing; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unread. Illustrated with b/w pictures. 'A fun and frolicking book of wordplay. - Hundreds of acrostics, anagrams, palindromes, puns, riddles, and spoonerisms - Presented in lively prose and light verse - Features a chapter of skill-testing word games ' ; Signed by Author. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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