RABBIT AND PORK RHYMING TALK
Illustrated by John Lawrence
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st. 1975
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. 'Rabbit and Pork' stands for 'rhyming talk' or Cockney rhyming slang, the unique language with its famous phrases suchas 'plates of meat' (feet) and 'bees and honey' (money). A collection of fifty different phrases, all illustrated with a coloured wood engraving. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Unpaginated.
Light rubbing to corners of boards, minor knocks to board edges. Couple of tiny pieces of surface paper loss to margins of front endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily browned else clean.
ISBN: 0241891302
Stock no. 1830828
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- RHYME
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
