Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins by Charles Earle Funk
1950. No Edition Remarks. 303 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth covered boards. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned, particularly spine. Boards are slightly bowed.