A Browser's Dictionary 1980 HC John Ciardi

This auction is for a 6 1/2"x9 1/2" 429 page hardcover dictionary with dustjacket, "A Browser's Dictionary"-A Compendium of Curious Expressions & Intriguing Facts, by John Ciardi, and published by Harper & Row-copyright 1980.

This dictionary is in Fair+ condition with wear and a few tears on the dustjacket edges, tape repairs on inside dustjacket, scratches on dustjacket, crease on backcover dustjacket flap, tight binding.

"This book-the author writes-is for browsers, for those who will be pleased to ramble beyond the standard dictionaries to a more intimate conversation with the words and phrases and their origins and shifting histories".