The Book of Jargon. First Printing, 1981

Fine book in Very Good jacket. See scans and description. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1981. First Printing of Don Ethan Miller's 'The Book of Jargon'. Tall octavo, jacket, cream and red boards with gilt spine imprinting, xiv + 347 pp. Near Fine book with demure 2% or so of spine lean, light dust on top and bottom page edges, small amount of spine bottom fade. Jacket is Very good, with moderate tatter along top edge, front and rear panels, and a small closed cut at bottom edge, front panel. See all scans. A fun, enlightening period first-printing about how our numerous demographics talk. Medicalese, legalese, computerese, TV Talk, Basic Jock, twenty more American varieties. For the collector of unusual (not to mention entertaining) reference tomes. LT24.