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PAYTON GEOFFREY Payton's Proper Names
London, Frederick Warne, 1969, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 502 pages. Some wear to head of spine. Jacket is shelfworn with signs of wear and tear. Small tear to front pastedown. Internally clean, binding tight. A collection of proper names not found in an ordinary dictionary - fascinating to browse through - eg Eagle, Solomon - a lunatic who, during the Great Plague (1665) ran naked through the streets of London with a pan of burning coals on his head , crying "Repent!". Good/Good.
Offered for GBP 7.00 = appr. US$ 11.45 by: YesterYear Books - Book number: 012527
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