A Book About a Thousand Things
Harper and Brothers, 1946. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 552pp. see pictures for synopsis. offbeat reference work compiled over a long career as a newspaperman, with short helpful answers to questions like: What causes the London fogs? What is a diamond "of the first water"? How did "peeping Tom" originate? What is the third degree? ...and roughly a thousand more. Very Good: Book VG pencil marking on FFEP, adhesive residue inside front paste down, text clean, binding tight. Item #5759
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