The game of words - Hardcover
The author of An Almanac of Words at Play presents a collection of puns, tongue-twisters, and spoonerisms that are accompanied by humorous black-and-white line illustrations.
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Willard Richardson Espy (11 December 1910–20 February 1999) was a U.S. editor, philologist, writer, and poet. He is particularly remembered for his anthology of light verse and wordplay, An Almanac of Words at Play, and its two sequels. His writing and poetry regularly appeared in Punch, Reader's Digest, and Word Ways.
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- PublisherWolfe
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 072340173X
- ISBN 13 9780723401735
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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