Fun Words, Signed (15 results)

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cootner, Bernie (illustrator). First Pocket Books Hardcover Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with a Christmas presentation inscription. A very nice copy of book; light normal dust jacket wear. 274 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. A Very Good Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good + Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Small Amount Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good + Condition. Tiny Bit Of Edge Wear, Tiny Bit Of Crinkle. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Richard Lederer on the title page - Signature only First Edition, First Printing. Book is in Fine condition. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-Ways well boxed, All-Ways fast service. Thanks. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Bernie Cootner (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on front endpaper. Illustrated with line-drawings by Bernie Cootner. A useful and entertaining reference and history of the origins of words and phrases. Some spotting to edges; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Signed by Author.

First edition signed by the author with a note on half-title page. Anita Diamant literary agent card laid in. 8v0. Bestselling author of "Crazy English". Lederer, a master of linguistics, invites fellow word lovers to enjoy fun and games with English, demonstrating its wild unpredictability and wacky logic. Most answers included. White cloth and red boards. 274 pages. Dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Cootner, Bernie (illustrations); Valk, Jon (jacket design); Savard, Timothy (author photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition maroon boards, brown spine, and copper spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Richard Lederer; Author Dedication; Introduction. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Bernie Cootner. Signed by the author, Richard Lederer, with blue pen on the half title page. "In his dazzling national bestseller Crazy English, Richard Lederer, our premier pundit of semantics, demonstrated the wild unpredictability and wacky illogic of our wonderful mother tongue. Now, in The Play of Words, the play's the thing, as the master of linguistic revels invites his fellow word lovers to enjoy fun and games with one of the most glorious languages on planet Earth. The Play of Words lets you horse around with the animal metaphors that make poetry of everyday speech - as well as with the wheezy cliches that are all too conspicuous in our daily prose. Romp with the rhythms and rhymes of "Inky Pinky,", and see if you can "Name that Bunch" - a prickle of porcupines? a rash of dermatologists? But beware: you can lose points for laughing in "Fictionary." Take a jaunt back to the different ages and stages of English, to the roots of words and the origins of phrases. Find out why we say "happy as a clam," making merry a mollusk otherwise noted for clamming up. Test your knowledge of "What's in a Name" - and who's in a name, for the famous and the forgotten have left their traces everywhere. (Who inspired melba toast? Why do we call cheap finery tawdry?) Take on logic puzzles ancient and modern, and then invent your own. Some of these games are as easy as pie, as rolling off a log, as taking candy from a baby. Others will bring the answers to the tip of your tongue - where they'll remain until another clue jogs your memory. Still others will elude your most concentrated efforts, then jump out and say "boo." But whether you are a trinomial, a crytallaphobe, an etymologist, or an entomologist, whether you play alone or with friends, The Play of Words offers contests in which everyone comes up a winner. Brimming with delightful examples of Richard Lederer's matchless seemantic antics, The Play Of Words will bring you hours of lexicological pleasure - and the opportunity to plant your own imaginative seeds in the ever flourishing garden of the English language." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Book Good. No dust jacket. Presumed 1st. Inscribed by author on flyleaf verso. Slightly dampstained. (trout fishing).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Everett, Fred (illustrator). Burgundy cloth covers with gold lettering and designs on front cover and spine which are clean and bright. Norman Rockwell like illustrated pastedown on the front cover showing a happy fisherman with his trout in a net which is in fine condition. Very light soiling to page ends. Very light shelf wear and soiling to covers and spine. Illustrated inside front and back covers are clean and unmarked. Inscribed by author to previous owner on the ffep. Illustrated with many b&w drawings, all in fine condition. There are also full page color illustrations in fine condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Book is in a protective mylar cover. The fun is in the art. Stories on opening day, flying, wetflying, trout, judging and much more. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated. Inscribed by Author(s).

LeatherBound. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White/Color Illus. (illustrator). Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1954. LeatherBound. #137 of a signed limited edition in full leather . 4to., 287pp., Spine worn .

Hardcover. Condition: good+. Limited Edition. Quarto. 287pp. Full plush leather with gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. This is copy # 121 of an unspecified edition and is signed by Fred Everett. AEG. Color frontispiece and additional full page and smaller illustrations throughout. Spine faded with some wear to leather at corners and edges. Binding tight. In a mylar wrapper.

[0-671-68908-8] [1990], 1st printing. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 274pp. Signed by the author. Illustrations. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge. (Language/Linguistics, Rhymes, Wordplay).

1. Aufl. 287 Seiten Pictorial endpapers. Maroon cover with gilt lettering and affixed picture of a fisherman is bright Einband etwas berieben, sonst guter und sauberer Zustand. ----------------------------------- am Titel vom Autor signiert Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1080 8°, Olwd.mit mit monierten Bild.

LeatherBound. Condition: Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). Harrisburg: Stackpole Books. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1952. LeatherBound. Number #25 of a limited edition signed by Everett. Also inscribed to Nick Drabor . Sm 4to., 287 pp., Leather covers rubbed .

1 vols. 4to. First edition. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. With inscription on p. 3 inside prone body of "AIN'T", "For Elizabeth Riley who has been nice to me when I felt like this. With best wishes 'Mun' Leaf." Miss Riley at the time was Book Buyer at Macy's. Red cloth. Very good, with slight fading to top of spine. In yellow pictorial spine and back cover missing, but unclipped dust jacket.