The Book of Similes

Hardcover. First Edition. The Book of Similies. Foxing to end inside covers. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Small split to front D/J. This book offers a life-line to the tongue-or nib-tied. These sumilies are chosen for their wit or perception and come from sources as diverse as traditional folk sayings and political gibes, from the classic lines of Raymond Chandler to Clive James's latest gem. The quotations are arranged alphabetically to allow either general reading or easy reerence. The aim is to give a phrase for every occasion and to describe all qualities - from the chasteness of Tallulah Bankhead ('I'm as pure as the driven slush') to the feeling of being attawcked verbally by Sir Geoffrey Howe ('.like being savafed by a dead sheep'). Illustrations. 150 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).